Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race ConceptIn her perceptive introduction to this Transaction edition, Irene Diggs sets this classic autobiography against its broad historical context and critically analyzes its theoretical and methodological significance. She explains the changes that occurred in DuBois' own attitudes and writings, tracing the development of his lifelong concern with the problem of race: how non-Whites might be openly and effectively admitted into the freedom of democracy. |
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