The Souls of Black Folk
Written by W. E. B. Du Bois
Narrated by Mark Bowen
()
About this audiobook
The book contains several essays on race, some of which the magazine Atlantic Monthly had previously published. To develop this work, Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African American in American society. Outside of its notable relevance in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the early works in the field of sociology.
In The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois used the term "double consciousness", perhaps taken from Ralph Waldo Emerson ("The Transcendentalist" and "Fate"), applying it to the idea that black people must have two fields of vision at all times. They must be conscious of how they view themselves, as well as being conscious of how the world views them.
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and socialist. Born in Massachusetts, he was raised in Great Barrington, an integrated community. He studied at the University of Berlin and at Harvard, where he became the first African American scholar to earn a doctorate. He worked as a professor at Atlanta University, a historically black institution, and was one of the leaders of the Niagara Movement, which advocated for equal rights and opposed Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta compromise. In 1909, he cofounded the NAACP and served for years as the editor of its official magazine The Crisis. In addition to his activism against lynching, Jim Crow laws, and other forms of discrimination and segregation, Du Bois authored such influential works as The Souls of Black Folk (1903) and Black Reconstruction in America (1935). A lifelong opponent of racism and a committed pacifist, Du Bois advocated for socialism as a means of replacing racial capitalism in America and around the world. In the 1920s, he used his role at The Crisis to support the artists of the Harlem Renaissance and sought to emphasize the role of African Americans in shaping American society in his book The Gift of Black Folk (1924).
More audiobooks from W. E. B. Du Bois
Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Souls of Black Folk: Original Classic Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to The Souls of Black Folk
Related audiobooks
Souls of Black Folk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Invisible Man Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Black Theology and Black Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Raisin in the Sun Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5African-American Writings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Native American Wisdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 2: Master Intellects and Creative Giants Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Darkwater Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chester B. Himes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Displaced: A Holocaust Memoir and the Road to a New Beginning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Superman to Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Rare Recording of Sylvia Plath Reading Her Best Poems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big Money Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5SUMMARY - Between The World And Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 42nd Parallel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5United States: Essays 1952-1992 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler's Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the American Literary Imagination Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Essays, Study, and Teaching For You
Illuminating History: A Retrospective of Seven Decades Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSchulz and Peanuts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joan of Arc Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5French Revolution: A Comprehensive guide to the French Revolution including a complete history of the events Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRed Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civil Disobedience Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War is a Racket Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Are Our Mothers' Daughters: Revised Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Inventory of Losses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLady Diana - Top Secret: The Name Of The Killer Instigator Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great Short Books: A Year of Reading—Briefly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Children's Book of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nathaniel Hawthorne Audio Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Serial Killers Encyclopedia: The Book Of The World's Worst Murderers In History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Al Jaffee's Mad Life: A Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way I Heard It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Sons, Pals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Souls of Black Folk
0 ratings0 reviews