W.E.B. Du Bois
Subtitle: a biography
By: Gerald Horne.
Series: Greenwood biographies; Greenwood biographies
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780313349799; 9780313349805
Subjects: Du Bois, W. E. B. -- 1868-1963; African Americans -- Biography; African American authors -- Biography; African American intellectuals -- Biography; African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Intellectuals -- United States -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History; Pan-Africanism -- History
Genres: Biography
Description: "Carrying W.E.B. Du Bois from his birth in Massachusetts in 1868 to his death in Ghana in 1963, this concise encyclopedia covers all of the highlights of his life--his studying at Fisk, Harvard, and Berlin, his tiff with Booker T. Washington, his role with the NAACP and Pan-Africanism, his writings, his globe trotting, and his exile in Ghana. With contributions by leading scholars and a foreword by David Levering Lewis, the book provides a complete overview of Du Bois's life. Featuring the highlights of his life, the events and personalities that influenced him, his intellectual contributions, and his activism, this book provides a complete understanding of this highly influential intellectual activist. With the conclusion of the Cold War, there is the opportunity to obtain a fuller, more complete understanding of Du Bois' entire life. Providing full coverage of his latter crucial years--often ignored in earlier works--this book provides the latest scholarly insights, including a major entry by prizewinning scholar Brenda Gayle Plummer."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Timeline of events in the life of W.E.B. Du Bois; title: Beginnings; title: Dr. Du Bois; title: When titans collide; title: Present at the creation; title: A new path; title: Conflicts; title: Talented tenths; title: Divorces; title: Wars; title: Turning point; title: Trials; title: Redemption.