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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
I'm a bit at a loss for how to rate this... I feel like it is important, and a well written piece of literature by all accounts... but it lost me. I struggled to focus, and to 'get it'. Some of the sections were very poignant and others were a miss. At the end, I'm left with a bit of a feeling of 'what was the point'? Parts were definitely interesting and made me think but the overall feeling is a bit whomp whomp. Maybe I'm just not smart enough for this one.
To make men, we must have ideals, broad, pure, and inspiring ends of living---not sordid money-getting, not apples of gold.
Exceptional, this book needs to be read in every school in America. Growing up I had heard of W.E.B. Dubois, and maybe read some famous paragraphs, but wish I read read more of his works earlier.
This is one of the most important sociological and philosophical books of its era without a doubt in my mind.
This is one of the most important sociological and philosophical books of its era without a doubt in my mind.
I was able to listen to this with Prentice Onayemi as the narrator. It was beautifully read and even more beautifully written. As I am sure many are, I am trying to address a significant lack of understanding in American history. I appreciate the sincerity of this book. I know more about the Friedman’s Bureau and the time after emancipation. It is definitely a worth read.
Presents many common sense reasons about the plight suffered by the black community in America. His poetic writing style is a joy to read and depending on how you feel about that kind of prose may turn you off from this book. A great snapshot of a time in history when the future was particularly unclear.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
chapter three reads like what twitter beef would be like in the early 20th century and im here for it
This collection of essays by esteemed thinker W.E.B. Du Bois serves as a material-form for what so many African Americans like myself think about every day. While some chapters may seem stagnant and at times unimportant to the grand scheme of the book, I really enjoyed his take on the world as he and many other blacks at the time post-Civil War and onwards.
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Probably one of the more readable texts assigned in my theory class. Du Bois has a poetic and eloquent voice in discussing the divide between black folk and white folk, and more generally the color problem in the United States. Just as applicable to read in 2020 as when Du Bois wrote it in 1903.
challenging