The autobiography of W. E. B. DuBois / W. E. B. Du Bois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

Du Bois, W. E. B.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

African American intellectuals--Biography.

African American intellectuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Diasporic Africa Press, 2013.

Summary:

The present volume is quite different from the other two autobiographies by Du Bois not only because of its additional two-decade span, and the significantly altered outlook of its author, but also because in it--unlike the others--he seeks, as he writes, "to review my life as frankly and fully as I can." Of course, with the directness and honesty which so decisively characterized him, he reminds the reader of this book of the intense subjectivity that inevitably permeates autobiography; hence, he writes, he offers this account of his life as he understood it and as he--would like others to believe--it to have been. Certainly, while Dr. Du Bois was deep in his ninth decade when he died, longevity was the least remarkable feature of his life. As editor, author, lecturer, scholar, organizer, inspirer, and fighter, he was among the most consequential figures of the twentieth century. Necessarily, therefore, the full and final accounting of that life and his times becomes an indispensable volume.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Du Bois, W. E. B. The Autobiography of W. E. B. DuBois

ISBN:

1-937306-18-6

OCLC:

1292365594