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

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

231 pages first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When it was first published in 1903, W. E. B Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk represented a seismic shift in the discussion of race in the United States. Earlier African-American authors had broken ground with memoirs and autobiographical novels—...

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Moods

informative 81%
reflective 77%
challenging 69%
emotional 37%
sad 29%
inspiring 23%
dark 18%
hopeful 16%
tense 10%

Pace

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medium 41%
fast 3%

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