In Battle for Peace: The Story of My 83rd Birthday
New York: Masses & Mainstream, (1952).
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Softcover. First edition, wrappered issue. With comment by Shirley Graham. Printed photographic wrappers as issued. Creases on the front wrappers, faint stain on rear wrap and on the first leaf, pages a little toned, a near very good copy. Inscribed by Du Bois to his wife Shirley Graham (whom he married in 1951) who also wrote the introductory note: "For Shirley, W.E.B. Du Bois. Sept. 4, 1952." A splendid association.
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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