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The Souls of Black Folk by W. E.B. DuBois

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The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E.B. DuBois

Narrator Rodney Gardiner

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Length 8 hours 5 minutes

Language English

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A cornerstone of African-American literary history, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work by W. E. B. Du Bois. Originally published in 1903, it contains many essays on race and equality, but is also a piece of seminal history as laying the groundwork for the field of sociology. Some of the essays in the novel were even previously published by the Atlantic Monthly magazine. When writing, Du Bois drew from his personal experiences as an African-American in America to highlight the issues of prejudice that were still going on into the 20th century.

Fiction Philosophy Essays Nonfiction

W.E.B. DuBois (1868 - 1963) was born and raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Growing up in a tolerant and integrated community, he eventually completed graduate study at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Along with being a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and author, he also was one of the co-founders of the NAACP in 1909.

Rodney Gardiner is an actor and writer who has performed on many occasions with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and dozens of stage plays Off-Broadway.