Historian and sociologist
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois studied race, political institutions, and the history of emancipation. His work spans sociology, essays, and revisionist history of Reconstruction.
On the shelves
Books in the collection
History
Black Reconstruction in America
W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois centers Black workers and political participation in an account of Reconstruction and its overthrow.
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois explores emancipation’s aftermath, segregated education, and the experience he calls double consciousness.
From the Lyric
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Reading notes / 01
Black Hamlets of the Bluegrass
Freedom, land, and the work of building communities in and beyond Kentucky.
Read Black Hamlets of the BluegrassReading notes / 02
Classrooms of Change
Schools, teachers, and families who insisted on the right to learn.
Read Classrooms of ChangeReading notes / 03
Freedom and the right to read
For teachers and students studying emancipation, literacy, and education.
Read Freedom and the right to read