Cover of W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963

W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963

This monumental biography—eight years in the research and writing—treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career: a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 752 pages

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