"I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater words, in the hope that I may strike here and there a half-tone, newer even if slighter, up from the heart of my problem and the problems of my people." William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (1868 – 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. Contents: • Credo • The Shadow of Year • A Litany at Atlanta • The Souls of White Folk • The Riddle of the Sphinx • The Hands of Ethiopia • The Princess of the Hither Isles • Of Work and Wealth • The Second Coming • "The Servant in the House" • Jesus Christ in Texas • Of the Ruling of Men • The Call • The Damnation of Women • Children of the Moon • The Immortal Child • Almighty Death • Of Beauty and Death • The Prayers of God • The Comet • A Hymn to the Peoples
