The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis; now in one condensed and updated volumeWilliam Edward Burghardt Du Bois—the premier architect of the civil rights movement in America—was a towering and controversial personality; a fiercely proud individual blessed with the language of the poet and the impatience of the agitator. Now; David Levering Lewis has carved one volume out of his superlative two-volume biography of this monumental figure that set the standard for historical scholarship on this era. In his magisterial prose; Lewis chronicles Du Bois’s long and storied career; detailing the momentous contributions to our national character that still echo today.W.E.B. Du Bois is a 1993 and 2000 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction and the winner of the 1994 and 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
#67514 in Books 1996-10-15 1996-10-15Format: UnabridgedOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 .32 x .3 x 5.49l; .55 #File Name: 0805050272288 pages
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