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Book SynopsisOverlooked and understudied, the closing three decades of W.E.B. Du Bois’s career reflect a generative period of his life in terms of teaching, travel, activism, and publications. This book narrates the political, social, and cultural significance of Du Bois’s career during the controversial closing three decades of his life.
Trade ReviewA new and original perspective on W. E. B. Du Bois’s life and activism centering on his career from the early 1930s until his death in 1963. As the volume compellingly demonstrates, an examination of the last three decades of Du Bois’s life unveils the richness and complexity of his ideas and praxis, especially his engagement in Black internationalist and radical politics." —Keisha N. Blain, author of
Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America"This book will no doubt draw much-needed attention to Du Bois’s thought and activism during the most radical yet most neglected period of his life." —Erik S. Gellman, author of
Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art ShayTable of Contents
- ix Acknowledgments
- 3 Introduction: Du Bois Has Left Us, But He Has Not Died
—Phillip Luke Sinitiere
- PART I: POLITICS AND PROTEST
- 17 Chapter 1. The Rational and the Irrational: W. E. B. Du Bois’s
Excavation of Whiteness, 1935–1960
—Lisa J. McLeod
- 39 Chapter 2. Politics, Poetry, and Prose: W. E. B. Du Bois,
Black Reconstruction, and the Origins of Our Times
—Carlton Dwayne Floyd and Thomas Ehrlich Reifer
- 62 Chapter 3. In Pursuit of Peace Where Freedom Chokes:
W. E. B. Du Bois Confronts the Cold War
—Werner Lange
- 80 Chapter 4. I Am Certainly Not a Conservative: W. E. B. Du Bois,
Democratic Socialism, and Black Marxism
—Reiland Rabaka
- PART II: IDENTITY AND CULTURE
- 105 Chapter 5. Democracy in America Is Impossible: The Pessimistic
Prophecy of W. E. B. Du Bois in "Why I Won’t Vote"
—Andre E. Johnson
- 119 Chapter 6. The Dharma of Socialism: How Hindu Thought Influenced
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Vision for Afro-Asian Solidarity
—Murali Balaji
- 131 Chapter 7. W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Humanism
—Christopher Cameron
- 147 Chapter 8. Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called
Communists: W. E. B. Du Bois and American Religious Culture,
1935–1963
—Phillip Luke Sinitiere
- PART III: LITERATURE AND LEGACY
- 175 Chapter 9. The Mutual Comradeship of W. E. B. Du Bois and Radical
Black Women, 1935–1963
—Charisse Burden-Stelly
- 191 Chapter 10. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois
—Robert Greene II
- 207 Chapter 11. W. E. B. Du Bois’s UnAmerican End, Reconsidered
—Jodi Melamed and Tyler Monson
- 231 Chapter 12. Geography of Freedom: Partnership in Preservation and
Public History at W. E. B. Du Bois’s Boyhood Homesite
—Camesha Scruggs
- 245 Afterword
—Eric Porter
- 251 About the Contributors
- 257 Index
