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W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

Issue February 2012

Of the Training of Black Men

Taking issue with Booker T. Washington, the author argues that blacks should attend college.… More »

Issue February 2012

Strivings of the Negro People

Du Bois gives voice to the aspirations of black Americans in the post-Civil War world.… More »

Issue February 2012

The Freedmen’s Bureau

A leading black intellectual surveys the government’s efforts to aid the freed slaves.… More »

Of the Training of Black Men

Du Bois argued that blacks should fully develop their talents, and should have the opportunity to earn college degrees… More »

The Freedmen's Bureau

Du Bois surveyed the successes and failures of post-Civil War efforts to aid the freed slaves… More »

Strivings of the Negro People

"It dawned upon me with a certain suddenness that I was different from the others; or like, mayhap, in heart and life and longing, but shut out from their world by a vast veil."… More »

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