The Souls of Black Folk

Essays and sketches

W. E. B. Du Bois

American Source Editions

The Souls of Black Folk

Essays and sketches

By W. E. B. Du Bois

Imprint: American Source Editions

Du Bois examines emancipation, education, labor, faith, and the color line through essays that combine historical analysis with autobiography.

First published: 1903
Length: 256 pages
Topics: Reconstruction, Education, African American history

About this edition

The restored text follows the 1903 first edition and retains Du Bois’s original chapter structure.

Source basis: The 1903 first edition.
Edition by: American Source Editions, Horn & Hickory
Corrections: Report an edition correction

Contents

Of Our Spiritual Strivings
Of the Dawn of Freedom
Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
Of the Meaning of Progress
Of the Wings of Atalanta