W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is one of the most influential books ever published in this country. In it; Du Bois wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line;†a prophecy that is as fresh and poignant today as when it first appeared in print in 1903. Now; one hundred years after The Souls of Black Folk was first published; Saving the Race reexamines the legacy of Du Bois and his “color line†prophecy from a modern viewpoint. The author; Rebecca Carroll; a biracial woman who was reared by white parents; not only provides her own personal perspective; but she invites eighteen well-known African Americans to share their ideas and opinions about what Du Bois's classic text means today. Lalita Tademy; authorStanley Crouch; cultural critic; novelistA’Lelia Bundles; great-great-granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker; author David Graham Du Bois; stepson of W.E.B. Du Bois; writer; teacher; activistTouré; novelist; contributing writer for Rolling Stone magazineJulian Bond; chairman of the board; NAACPThelma Golden; chief curator and deputy director for exhibitions and programs at the Studio Museum of HarlemKathleen Cleaver; former communications secretary of the Black Panther partyVernon E. Jordan; Jr.; civil rights leader and lawyer Cory Booker; former New Jersey councilman; mayoral candidate; activistJewell Jackson McCabe; founder and president of the National Coalition of 100 Black WomenDerrick Bell; professor of law; New York UniversityElizabeth Alexander; poet and writerClarence Major; author; poet; artistTerence Blanchard; horn player; film composerReverend Dr. James Forbes; senior minister of Riverside Church; New YorkPatricia Smith; poetLeAlan Jones; author The result is an insightful and illuminating collection of interviews both provocative and inspiring. Saving the Race paints a fascinating; complicated; and colorful portrait about the “souls of black folk†in twenty-first century America.
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