Du Bois: Essays: The Black North, of the Training of Black Men, the Talented Tenth, the Conservation of Races...

This book edition of "Du Bois: Essays" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (1868-1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. Contents: - A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South - Of the Training of Black Men - The Talented Tenth - The Conservation of Races - The Economic Revolution in the South - Religion in the South - Strivings of the Negro People - The Black North: A Social Study