Brandeis University8y
The Souls of Rich Black Folk
As a child, Margo Jefferson ’68 wore her hair straight. It was naturally curly, but Jefferson is black, and whites set the standard of beauty back then. Everyone wanted to look like Brigitte Bardot or ...
Atlanta Magazine2y
W.E.B. Du Bois wrote The Souls of Black Folk at Atlanta University
A century before FX’s Atlanta broadcast an experimental take on the Southern African American experience, W.E.B. Du Bois invented the genre with his 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk. Du Bois ...
Stories that shaped history: essential classics by Black authors
‘The Souls of Black Folk’ by W.E.B. Du Bois One of the earliest Black classic books on this list, “The Souls of Black Folk,” ...
Times News5d
Elwood Watson: America is heading into uncharted territory
W.E.B. Du Bois accurately stated in his classic book “The Souls of Black Folk” that race would be the definitive issue of the ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution29d
W.E.B. Du Bois historical marker placed on Morris Brown campus
Three years before the 1906 massacre, from that tiny office, Du Bois looked upon the growing and changing city as he wrote his seminal work, “The Souls of Black Folk.” While watching the birth ...
Longview News-Journal2dOpinion
Watson: America in uncharted territory
For some people, Nov. 5, 2024, was one of the greatest days in American history. Others may well remember it as a day that ...
PBS21d
The Black Church
W.E.B. Du Bois immortalized these men in his famous essay, "Of the Faith of the Fathers," that appeared in his seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk. Du Bois described the preacher as "the most ...
Time7y
Person of the Year
“Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in his classic The Souls of Black Folk. “How does it feel to be a problem?” In 2016 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution16d
Clark Atlanta launches institute studying workers rights
Clark Atlanta University has launched a new institute focused on labor issues and training a new generation of leaders to help Black Southern organizing and collective bargaining ...
Forbes5mon
Baseball Hall Adds Hank Aaron Statue As ‘Souls Of The Game’ Exhibit Opens
The title derives from W.E.B. Du Bois’s ground-breaking book The Souls of Black Folk, published in 1903 – 33 years before the Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first class. Hall of Famers ...
‘South of Midnight’ Developer Team On Weaving Together Complex History And Black American Narratives To “Make A Love Letter For The South”
Vengeful spirits, grief-stricken souls and a massively ravenous gator lie in wait for saving in Compulsion Games’ upcoming ...
PBS11y
The Black Church
W.E.B. Du Bois immortalized these men in his famous essay, "Of the Faith of the Fathers," that appeared in his seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk. Du Bois described the preacher as "the most ...