W.E.B. Du Bois: An Encyclopedia (Black History Lives) (Greenwood Biographies)

by Gerald Horne and Mary Young

Gerald Horne (Editor) and Mary E Young (Editor)

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This biography of W.E.B. Du Bois gives full measure to his entire life, including his controversial final decades.

This revealing biography captures the full life of W.E.B. Du Bois-historian, sociologist, author, editor-a leader in the fight to bring African Americans more fully into the American landscape as well as forceful proponent of them leaving America altogether and returning to Africa.

Drawing on extensive research, Gerald Horne, a leading authority on Du Bois and a versatile and prolific scholar in his own right, offers a fully rounded portrait of this accomplished and controversial figure, including the often overlooked final decades without which no portrait of Du Bois could be complete. The book also highlights Du Bois's relationships with and influence upon other leading civil rights activists both during, and subsequent to, his extraordinarily long life, including Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglas, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Jesse Jackson.


Includes extensive use of original materials, including Du Bois' correspondence and writings

Offers a chronology of key personal and historic events during Du Bois' life (1868-1963)

  • ISBN10 0313017220
  • ISBN13 9780313017223
  • Publish Date 30 May 2001 (first published 1 January 2001)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Greenwood Press