W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk: A Graphic Interpretation

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1978824653 ISBN13: 9781978824652 Release Date: April 2023 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Length: 180 Pages Weight: 0.85 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 8.5" "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." These were the prescient words of W. E. B. Du Bois's influential 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk. The preeminent Black intellectual of his generation, Du Bois wrote about the trauma of seeing the Reconstruction era's promise of racial equality cruelly dashed by the rise of white supremacist terror and Jim Crow laws. Yet he also argued for the value of African American cultural traditions and provided inspiration for countless civil rights leaders who followed him. Now artist Paul Peart-Smith offers the first graphic adaptation of Du Bois's seminal work. Peart-Smith's graphic adaptation provides historical and cultural contexts that bring to life the world behind Du Bois's words. Readers wil