The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

256 pages first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history--it helped alter its course. Written after Du Bois had earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and studied in Berlin, these fourteen essays contain both the academic la...

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Moods

informative 81%
reflective 77%
challenging 69%
emotional 38%
sad 29%
inspiring 24%
dark 18%
hopeful 16%
tense 10%

Pace

slow 54%
medium 42%
fast 3%

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