The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays on reconstruction, education, music, and what Du Bois named double consciousness. The book argues, and it also remembers.
Author
W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk mixes essay, memoir, and music to describe life behind what he called the veil. It is a founding book of American letters, not only of sociology.