Du Bois: Essays (The Black North, Of the Training of Black Men, The Talented Tenth, The Conservation of Races…)

This book edition of "Du Bois: Essays" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (1868-1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. Contents: • A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South • Of the Training of Black Men • The Talented Tenth • The Conservation of Races • The Economic Revolution in the South • Religion in the South • Strivings of the Negro People • The Black North: A Social Study