The Negro

by W E B DuBois

Overview

The time has not yet come for a complete history of the Negro peoples. Archfological research in Africa has just begun, and many sources of information in Arabian, Portuguese, and other tongues are not fully at our command; and, too, it must frankly be confessed, racial prejudice against darker peoples is still too strong in so-called civilized centers for judicial appraisement of the peoples of Africa. Much intensive monographic work in history and science is needed to clear mooted points and quiet the controversialist who mistakes present personal desire for scientific proof. Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair interpretation as shall enable the general reader to know as men a sixth or more of the human race. Manifestly so short a story must be mainly conclusions and generalizations with but meager indication of authorities and underlying arguments. Possibly, if the Public will, a later and larger book may be more satisfactory on these points." -- W.E.B. Du Bois

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781522721567
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/12/2015
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

During the era commonly referred to as the Nadir (1877-1920) of American race relations, the understanding that an African cultural heritage and common experience was shared by people of African descent on a global scale.This realization resulted in a formalized Pan Africanist Movement. Activist and scholars throughout the African Diaspora convened in a 1900 Conference in London, England that was organized by a Trinidadian by the name of Sylvester Williams. This conference profoundly impacted a young scholar by the name of William Edward Burghardt DuBois (1868-1963) who was born in Great Barrington, MA. In his efforts to combat the assassination of African respectability on the world stage, DuBois worked tirelessly as an author and activist on behalf of African people. One of his greatest literary contributions, which also happens to be one of his most underappreciated, was a sophisticated little book that historicized the African Diaspora experience. The book's title - The Negro - was somewhat understated but the book succeeded in providing both depth and breadth to the first book every written on the African Diaspora. DuBois was the trailblazer for this field of study although this fact is not recognized among many of the scholars today who think of themselves as specialist or even proficient in the field of African Diaspora Studies. The Negro was published in 1915 and despite being nearly one hundred years old, it surpasses nearly all of the recent edited volumes and synthesis created on the subject.