Published in 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is one of the most important books in American history — a collection of essays that introduced the concepts of double consciousness and the veil, and that challenged Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist politics with a forceful demand for full civil and political rights for Black Americans. Du Bois writes as historian, sociologist, memoirist, and prophet in a work that defies easy categorization.
Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the history of race in America, The Souls of Black Folk has lost none of its intellectual and moral force in the more than a century since its publication. Download this free EPUB for a clean edition of a true American classic.