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Dusk of Dawn is a 1940 work by American sociologist, historian, and civil-rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Subtitled "An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept," it combines personal recollection with historical and sociological analysis of race in the United States. Du Bois uses episodes...
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Major Du Bois autobiographical essay, intellectually powerful and historically central, but dense and less accessible.
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The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois is the final self-written memoir of the American scholar, author, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. Published posthumously in 1968, it traces his education, intellectual development, political work, and changing views across nearly a century of American hi...
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Important late Du Bois memoir, historically rich and intellectually significant, though less elegant than his major works.
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