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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
4.0

Admittedly, I read this over the course of three months because I just don't have the attention span for Serious Essays. But I was determined to finish it because this is an important book. Du Bois has many insights about race relations that are still very relevant today, over 100 years after its publication. The fact that he was also fighting against a popular opinion set forth by Booker T. Washington--that segregation is great solution to solve the race problem, that white men can decide what's best for black people--makes this book all the more significant.