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The Souls of Black Folk

A work by W. E. B. Du Bois, first published in 1903

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  • What korrents draws from it

    The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line, Black Americans live with a double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous world, Black Americans need schooling more than ever, both practical training and higher culture …

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  • Connections

    W. E. B. Du Bois

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Key facts

First published
19032
Claims on korrents
71

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Black Americans live with a double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous world (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Black Americans need schooling more than ever, both practical training and higher culture (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Black Americans need the vote in self-defence, or nothing will save them from a second slavery (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Black Americans should support Booker T. Washington's thrift and industrial training but firmly oppose his acceptance of injustice (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Making the blacksmith a scholar is almost, but not quite, as silly as making the scholar a blacksmith (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • W. E. B. Du Bois

Sources

  1. The Souls of Black Folk (1903) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Souls of Black Folk, Q1253660 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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