Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept

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Transaction Publishers, Dec 31, 2011 - Social Science - 355 pages
In her perceptive introduction to this edition, Irene Diggs sets this classic autobiography against its broad historical context and critically analyzes its theoretical and methodological significance.
 

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Chapter 1
3
Chapter 2
8
Chapter 3
25
Chapter 4
50
Chapter 5
97
Chapter 6
134
Chapter 7
173
Chapter 8
221
Chapter 9
268
Index
327
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W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was the cofounder of the NAACP. He was educated at the University of Berlin and Harvard University, and he was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard. He taught at Wilberforce University in Ohio, the University of Pennsylvania, and Clark Atlanta University (where he established the department of social work). He is the author of numerous writings, including Worlds of Color; Africa in Battle against Colonialism, Racialism, Imperialism; and In Battle for Peace.

Irene Diggs is professor of sociology and anthopology, Morgan State University. She was formerly research assistant and secretary to W.E.B. DuBois.

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