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Book SynopsisW E B Du Bois' reform writings - with the intention of reforming immoral and unethical behavior - appeared in periodicals directed toward or written on behalf of the African American community. This work gathers together Du Bois' reform writings, which span over fifty years.
Trade Review[This] is a very complex Dubois most of us do not know...Dr. Johnson's view is exciting-he raises questions about how Du Bois became a scholar activist, how, with regard to the Negro, he popularized in a variety of magazines and journals the social sciences as a substitute for the religious dogma of the more negro/white enthusiastic-led congregations, how Du Bois as journalist, compelling and authoritatively, became a national leader, a public intellectual...Brian Johnson's <Du Bois on Reform> might be agood place to start on our own moral and ethical reforms, and a new social commitment... * ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes *
W.E.B. Dubois is frequently referred to but too infrequently read, especially beyond /Souls of Black Folks/. Brian Johnson's new book reminds us that Du Bois was a leader as well as an intellectual, one who's words have great potential for today's African American leaders. -- James Danky, Newspaper and Periodicals Librarian for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Historical Society and Director of the Center for th
[This] is a very complex Dubois most of us do not know...Dr. Johnson's view is exciting-he raises questions about how Du Bois became a scholar activist, how, with regard to the Negro, he popularized in a variety of magazines and journals the social sciences as a substitute for the religious dogma of the more negro/white enthusiastic-led congregations, how Du Bois as journalist, compelling and authoritatively, became a national leader, a public intellectual...Brian Johnson's might be a good place to start on our own moral and ethical reforms, and a new social commitment. * ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 General Introduction: "Du Bois on Reform: Periodical-based Leadership for African Americans" Chapter 2 Part One Introduction: "Reform and Periodical-based Leadership in Great Barrington (1883-1885)" Chapter 3 Part One: "Periodical Writings Appearing in New York Globe (Freeman)" (1883-1885) Chapter 4 Part Two Introduction: "Reform Writing and Periodical-based Leadership within the American Negro Academy and Progressive, Liberal, College and Religious Periodicals (1897-1910) Chapter 5 Part Two: "Periodical Writings Appearing in Various Progressive, Liberal, College and Religious Periodicals (1897-1910)" Chapter 6 Part Three Introduction: "Reform Writings and Periodical-based Leadership within Crisis Magazine: A Record of the Darker Races (1910-1934)" Chapter 7 Part Three: Periodical Writings Appearing in Crisis Magazine: A Record of the Darker Races (1910-1934)"
