Table of Contents

Introduction: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Autobiography of Race
1: Concepts of Race
The Conservation of Races (1897)
The Present Outlook for the Dark Races of Mankind (1900)
The Song of the Smoke (1907)
The First Universal Races Congress (1911)
In Black (1920)
The Superior Race (1923)
On Being Crazy (1923)
The Name "Negro" (1928)
On Being Ashamed of Oneself (1933)
The Concept of Race (1940)
2: The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
3: Representative Men
Jefferson Davis as a Representative of Civilization (1890)
Booker T. Washington (1901)
Abraham Lincoln (1907)
John Brown (1909)
Charles Young (1922)
Marcus Garvey (1923)
Robert E. Lee (1928)
A Portrait of Carter G. Woodson (1950)
Paul Robeson (1950)
Joseph Stalin (1953)
Kwame Nkrumah (1957)
Gandhi and The American Negroes (1957)
Toussaint L'Ouverture (1961)
4: Literature and Art
On The Souls of Black Folk (1904)
The Star of Ethiopia (1913)
Negro Art (1921)
Negro Art and Literature (1924)
Criteria of Negro Art (1926)
Phillis Wheatley and African American Culture (1941)
The Humor of Negroes (1942)
5: Politics, Economics, and Education
What Is the Negro Problem? (1899)
The Training of Negroes for Social Power (1903)
The Future of the Negro Race in America (1904)
The Niagara Movement (1906)
Triumph (1911)
Woman Suffrage (1915)
Awake America (1917)
Returning Soldiers (1919)
The Social Equality of Whites and Blacks (1920)
Americanization (1922)
The Shape of Fear (1926)
Cultural Equality (1928)
The Negro and Communism (1931)
The Field and Function of the American Negro College (1933)
Does the Negro Need Separate Schools? (1935)
A Negro Nation within the Nation (1935)
The Propaganda of History (1935)
An Appeal to the World (1946)
The Case for the Jews (1948)
I Take My Stand for Peace (1951)
The Negro and the Warsaw Ghetto (1952)
China (1959)
6: Darkwater (1920)
7: Africa and Colonialism
To the Nations of the World (1900)
A Day in Africa (1908)
Africa and the Slave Trade (1915)
Africa, Colonialism, and Zionism (1919)
Manifesto of the Second Pan-African Congress (1921)
Little Portraits of Africa (1924)
What Is Civilization? (1925)
The Realities in Africa (1943)
The Future of Africa (1958)
Whites in Africa after Negro Autonomy (1962)
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

"An excellent selection of his writings."--Anna M. Cenklin, Spalding University
"Every academic discipline has its pioneers or persons who set forth seminal ideas which undergird the discipline. In my judgment, one of the major patron saints of Africana studies is undoubtedly W.E.B. Du Bois. The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois Reader is an excellent resource because it pulls together under one cover the major writings of our major scholar. This material is must reading for all Africana studies majors and minors and for all people desirous
of understanding the African American's quest for social justice in America."--Warren C. Swindell, Indiana State University
"This is clearly the very best treatment of the writing of Du Bois in print. It makes his important writing Du Bois come alive and appear manageable for the average college student in one volume. The selected writings cut to the heart of the essence of Du Bois' thinking."--Glenn O. Phillips,Morgan State University-Baltimore
"It should be required reading in courses on the history of ideas and social thought."--D. Wilkinson, University of Kentucky-Lexington
"A very comprehensive study of the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois."--Dr. Lloyd Johnson, Campbell University-Bures Creek
"A excellent book of sources."--Paul L. Simon,Xavier University
"A magnificent collection of Du Bois' most important writing, conveniently compiled in one place. Presentation is excellent."--Patrick Rael,Bowdoin Colleges-Brunswick
"This appears to be the collection to choose for a thorough and broadly representative volume of Du Bois' writings. It contains the complete The Soul of Black Folk (the central Du Bois text), plus a wide selection of shorter essays." --David M. Robinson, Oregon State University--Corvallis
"Bravo! A well selected, well edited collection of the major writing in one volume, with a superb introduction."--Forrest Robinson, University College of Santa Cruz--Santa Cruz
"Terrific compilation-I love the density and range. Will be useful for upper division and graduate courses."--Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, University of Kentucky--Lexington