W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963
The second volume of David Levering Lewis's biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, covering his post-World War I years through 1963.
Work Information
The second volume of David Levering Lewis's biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, covering his post-World War I years through 1963.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Published
- 1998-09-01
- Pages
- 715 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 16.81 x 5.49 x 24.18 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780805025347
- ISBN-10
- 0805025340
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Ethnic Studies
Charismatic, singularly determined, and controversial, W.E.B. Du Bois was a historian, novelist, editor, sociologist, founder of the NAACP, advocate of women's rights, and the premier architect of the Civil Rights movement. His hypnotic voice thunders out of David Levering Lewis's monumental biography like a locomotive under full steam. This second volume of what is already a classic work begins with the triumphal return from WWI of African American veterans to the shattering reality of racism and lynching even as America discovers the New Negro of literature and art. In stunning detail, Lewis chronicles the little-known political agenda behind the Harlem Renaissance and Du Bois's relentless fight for equality and justice, including his steadfast refusal to allow whites to interpret the aspirations of black America. Seared by the rejection of terrified liberals and the black bourgeoisie during the Communist witch-hunts, Du Bois ended his days in uncompromising exile in newly independent Ghana. In recreating the turbulent times in which he lived and fought, Lewis restores the inspiring and famed Du Bois to his central place in American history.
David Levering Lewis is the Martin Luther King Professor of History at Rutgers University and was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 received the Bancroft, Parkman, and Pulitzer prizes, and was a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award.
Reviews
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Does Not Disappoint
David Levering Lewis never disappoints his readers. As with the first half of the Dubois autobiography, this book is well-researched and well-written. I read many biographies and some authors get too bogged down in explaining the subject's motivations, etc. -- to the point that it becomes just plain boring and hard to read. The opposite is true of Lewis. This guy weaves a story that you can not put down, while giving readers a strong understanding of Dubois and the social milieus that he lived in at various points in time. Lewis also provides detailed documentation of sources. He is a fine historian and biographer.
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Five Stars
Detailed biography worth owning.
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Detailed and thought provoking
I am impressed with the level of detail that the author went to, in order to paint a complete picture of Du Bois. Du Bois himself lived in a remarkable time in American history (being born a few years after slavery ended and dying months before Dr. Martin Luther King's march on Washington) Lewis captures the evolution of the time and the character of the day with his detailed portrayl of Du Bois' life, and the major events that captured the nations attention during that time.
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Great read
Great read
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Five Stars
Excellance