The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois, originally published in 1903, is a classic in American and African American literature. Du Bois writes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His thoughts on education, the songs of slaves, the "veil" of race, "double-consciousness," and political and economic equality have been foundational in the literature of emancipation and race relations.