The Souls of Black Folk

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The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal 1903 collection of essays by W. E. B. Du Bois that explores African American life after the Civil War and famously introduces the concepts of "double consciousness" and "the veil."

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The Souls of Black Folk canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
author W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
closingEssay Of the Sorrow Songs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes economic conditions of African Americans in the South ⓘ
education at historically black colleges ⓘ
experience of African Americans after the Civil War ⓘ
psychological effects of racism ⓘ
genre African-American studies ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm autobiographical narrative ⓘ
essays ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
hasPart Of Alexander Crummell ⓘ
Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others ⓘ
Of Our Spiritual Strivings ⓘ
Of the Black Belt ⓘ
linked to: Alabama Black Belt

Of the Coming of John ⓘ
Of the Dawn of Freedom ⓘ
Of the Faith of the Fathers ⓘ
Of the Meaning of Progress ⓘ
Of the Passing of the First-Born ⓘ
Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece ⓘ
Of the Sons of Master and Man ⓘ
Of the Sorrow Songs ⓘ
Of the Training of Black Men ⓘ
Of the Wings of Atalanta ⓘ
influenced African-American literature ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
critical race theory ⓘ
sociology of race ⓘ
influencedBy Jim Crow laws ⓘ
Reconstruction in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era

abolitionist thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American life ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
education of African Americans ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
sociology of race ⓘ
notableConcept color line ⓘ
double consciousness ⓘ
the veil ⓘ
notableFor early use of sociological analysis of race ⓘ
integration of spirituals as epigraphs ⓘ
numberOfEssays 14 ⓘ
openingEssay Of Our Spiritual Strivings ⓘ
publicationDate 1903 ⓘ
publisher A. C. McClurg & Co. ⓘ
structure collection of essays ⓘ
timePeriodCovered Reconstruction and its aftermath ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era

post–Civil War United States ⓘ

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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil → follows → The Souls of Black Folk ⓘ