{"product_id":"forging-freedom-in-w-e-b-du-boiss-twilight-years-9781496846167","title":"Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Boiss Twilight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverlooked 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eUntil I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eTroublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eix Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3  Introduction: Du Bois Has Left Us, But He Has Not Died\u003cbr\u003e—Phillip Luke Sinitiere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: POLITICS AND PROTEST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 Chapter 1. The Rational and the Irrational: W. E. B. Du Bois’s\u003cbr\u003eExcavation of Whiteness, 1935–1960\u003cbr\u003e—Lisa J. McLeod\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e39 Chapter 2. Politics, Poetry, and Prose: W. E. B. Du Bois,\u003cbr\u003eBlack Reconstruction, and the Origins of Our Times\u003cbr\u003e—Carlton Dwayne Floyd and Thomas Ehrlich Reifer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e62 Chapter 3. In Pursuit of Peace Where Freedom Chokes:\u003cbr\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois Confronts the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e—Werner Lange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 Chapter 4. I Am Certainly Not a Conservative: W. E. B. Du Bois,\u003cbr\u003eDemocratic Socialism, and Black Marxism\u003cbr\u003e—Reiland Rabaka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: IDENTITY AND CULTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e105 Chapter 5. Democracy in America Is Impossible: The Pessimistic\u003cbr\u003eProphecy of W. E. B. Du Bois in \"Why I Won’t Vote\"\u003cbr\u003e—Andre E. Johnson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e119 Chapter 6. The Dharma of Socialism: How Hindu Thought Influenced\u003cbr\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois’s Vision for Afro-Asian Solidarity\u003cbr\u003e—Murali Balaji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e131 Chapter 7. W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Humanism\u003cbr\u003e—Christopher Cameron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e147 Chapter 8. Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called\u003cbr\u003eCommunists: W. E. B. Du Bois and American Religious Culture,\u003cbr\u003e1935–1963\u003cbr\u003e—Phillip Luke Sinitiere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: LITERATURE AND LEGACY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e175 Chapter 9. The Mutual Comradeship of W. E. B. Du Bois and Radical\u003cbr\u003eBlack Women, 1935–1963\u003cbr\u003e—Charisse Burden-Stelly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e191 Chapter 10. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois\u003cbr\u003e—Robert Greene II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e207 Chapter 11. W. E. B. Du Bois’s UnAmerican End, Reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e—Jodi Melamed and Tyler Monson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e231 Chapter 12. Geography of Freedom: Partnership in Preservation and\u003cbr\u003ePublic History at W. E. B. Du Bois’s Boyhood Homesite\u003cbr\u003e—Camesha Scruggs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e245  Afterword\u003cbr\u003e—Eric Porter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e251   About the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e257   Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040608878935,"sku":"9781496846167","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496846167.jpg?v=1750947265","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/forging-freedom-in-w-e-b-du-boiss-twilight-years-9781496846167","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}