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Online-Ressource (183 p)
ISBN:
9780195325850
Series Statement:
Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois
Content:
W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; IN BATTLE FOR PEACE: The Story of My 83rd Birthday; Copyright; Contents; The Black Letters on the Sign: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Canon; Introduction; NOTES; In Battle for Peace; CHAPTER I: About Birthdays; CHAPTER II: The Council on African Affairs; CHAPTER III: Habit of Travel; CHAPTER IV: Peace Congresses; COMMENT; NOTE; CHAPTER V: The Peace Information Center; NOTE; CHAPTER VI: Campaign for Senator; CHAPTER VII: The Indictment; COMMENT; CHAPTER VIII: The Birthday Dinner; COMMENT; NOTE; CHAPTER IX: An Indicted Criminal; CHAPTER X: The Pilgrimages for Defense
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CHAPTER XI: Oh! John RoggeCHAPTER XII: The Trial; CHAPTER XIII: The Acquittal; COMMENT; CHAPTER XIV: Interpretations; Appendix; A. SPEECH BY DR. DU BOIS AT THE ALL-RUSSIAN PEACE CONGRESS, MOSCOW, AUGUST, 1949; B. SOME OF THE 83RD BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; C. FOLLOWING THE VERDICT; D. AFTERMATH-A POSTSCRIPT BY SHIRLEY GRAHAM; William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: A Chronology; Selected Bibliography: WORKS OF W. E. B. DU BOIS; COLLECTIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; BIOGRAPHIES; CRITICAL WORKS
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199386895
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195325850
Additional Edition:
Print version In Battle for Peace (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois) : The Story of My 83rd Birthday
Language:
English
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