Black Folk Then and Now: An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race
New York: Henry Holt, (1939).
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Hardcover. First edition. An older bookplate on the front pastedown, light wear at the extremities, a near fine copy in a fresh and clean, near fine dustwrapper that is lightly rubbed. Signed by Du Bois. A very uncommon title, especially signed.
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
birth name: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
born: 2/23/1868
died: 8/27/1963
Biography
American sociologist, the most important black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. He helped create the National ASsociation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and edited The Crisis, its magazine, from 1910 to 1934. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore