Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois

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A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century: The Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois is a reflective, moving account in which Dr. Du Bois, with grace and clarity, revises and incorporates his earlier works. This is a unique, personal commentary, rich in information about Dr. Du Bois, his life and times.

Written in 1961, Soliloquy covers all the events of Du Bois’ life from his birth in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, his education at Fisk and Harvard, teaching at Atlanta University, formation of the Niagara Movement and NAACP, as well as his trial in 1951 when he was accused of being a foreign agent, and more.