An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept

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"An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept" is the subtitle of W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1940 work *Dusk of Dawn*, in which he reflects on his life and the evolving idea of race in American and global history.

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instanceOf book subtitle ⓘ
literary work component ⓘ
associatedPerson W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
associatedWork The Souls of Black Folk ⓘ
author W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
clarifies Du Bois’s understanding of race over time ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes Du Bois’s intellectual development ⓘ
changing racial ideologies in the United States ⓘ
international dimensions of race ⓘ
fieldOfWork African American studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
focusesOn American history ⓘ
Du Bois’s life ⓘ
evolution of the idea of race ⓘ
global history ⓘ
genre African American literature ⓘ
autobiographical writing ⓘ
sociological reflection ⓘ
hasAuthorialPerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
hasTitlePhrase Autobiography of a Race Concept ⓘ
influenced autobiographical approaches in sociology ⓘ
later studies of race as a social construct ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

autobiography ⓘ
history of race concepts ⓘ
race ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ
partOf Dusk of Dawn ⓘ
publicationContext early 20th-century United States racial segregation ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
reflects Du Bois’s academic career ⓘ
Du Bois’s experiences with racism ⓘ
Du Bois’s political activism ⓘ
relatedMovement Pan-Africanism ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
subtitleOf Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept ⓘ
usedAs subtitle in scholarly citations ⓘ

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Dusk of Dawn → subtitle → An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept ⓘ
An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept → subtitleOf → Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept ⓘ
linked to: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept → hasTitlePhrase → Autobiography of a Race Concept ⓘ
linked to: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept