W. E. B. Du Bois: A Reader

W. E. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Henry Holt and Company, Feb 15, 1995 - History - 801 pages

The acclaimed biographer of W.E.B. Dubois presents the essential writings of the great civil rights leader. Drawn from thousands of essays, speeches, books, and periodicals, W.E.B. Du Bois reveals the essential Du Bois in a single volume accessible to all readers.

About the author

David Levering Lewis is the Martin Luther King Jr., University Professor in the history department at Rutgers University. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the National Humanities Center, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Educated at Fisk and Columbia universities and the London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor Lewis is the author of several acclaimed books, including King: A Biography, When Harlem Was in Vogue, The Race to Fashoda, and his two-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of W.E.B. Du Bois. He and his wife live in Manhattan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: W. E. B. Du Bois: A Reader; A John Macrae / Owl book; A John Macrae book
• Author: W. E. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
• Editor: David Levering Lewis
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, 1995
• ISBN: 0805032649, 9780805032642
• Length: 801 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / General; Literary Collections / Essays; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies