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Forging freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's twilight years, no deed but memory, edited by Phillip Luke Sinitiere

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Forging freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's twilight years

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1356502458

edited by Phillip Luke Sinitiere

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

no deed but memory

"The essays in Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years detail selected aspects of Du Bois's later decades and their particular connection to American social, political, and cultural history between the 1930s and the 1960s. While international concerns and a global perspective also fundamentally defined Du Bois's latter years, chronicling his final decades in a US context presents fresh insight into his twilight years. Du Bois's commitment to freedom's flourishing during this period animated the Black freedom struggle's war against white supremacy. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that the durability of Du Bois's intellectual achievements remains relevant to the twenty-first century"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction: Du Bois has left us, but he has not died / Phillip Luke Sinitiere -- Part I: Politics and protest. The rational and the irrational: W. E. B. Du Bois's excavation of whiteness, 1935-1960 / Lisa J. McLeod -- Politics, poetry, and prose: W. E. B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction, and the origins of our times / Carlton Dwayne Floyd and Thomas Ehrlich Reifer -- In pursit of peace where freedom chokes: W. E. B. Du Bois confronts the Cold War / Werner Lange -- I am certainly not a conservative: W. E. B. Du Bois, democratic socialism, and Black Marxism / Reiland Rabaka -- Part II: Identity and culture. Democracy in America is impossible: the pessimistic prophecy of W. E. B. Du Bois in "Why I Won't Vote" / Andre E. Johnson -- The dharma of socialism: how Hindu thought influenced W. E. B. Du Bois's vision for Afro-Asian solidarity / Murali Balaji -- W. E. B. Du Bois and African American humanism / Christopher Cameron -- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called communists: W. E. B. Du Bois and American religious culture, 1935-1963 / Phillip Luke Sinitiere -- Part III: Literature and legacy. The mutual comradeship of W. E. B. Du Bois and radical Black women, 1935-1963 / Charisse Burden-Stelly -- Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois / Robert Greene II -- W. E. B. Du Bois's UnAmerican end, reconsidered / Jodi Melamed and Tyler Monson -- Geography of freedom: partnership in preservation and public history at W. E. B. Du Bois's boyhood homesite / Camesha Scruggs -- Afterword / Eric Porter