American Literature / Unit 12 AML 1122 short lesson, about 20 seconds
W. E. B. Du Bois and *The Souls of Black Folk*
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The idea
Du Bois grew up in a small Massachusetts town, met Jim Crow when he went south to Fisk, and became the first Black American to earn a Harvard doctorate. The Souls of Black Folk, published in nineteen-oh-three, mixes essay, history, sociology and elegy.
In practice
Essay, history, sociology, and a lament.
Where people slip
The book's form is part of its argument.
Your place on the trail
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