The World and Africa & Color and Democracy

The World and Africa & Color and Democracy

The World and Africa & Color and Democracy

Collected in one volume for the first time, The World and Africa and Color and Democracy are two of W E. B. Du Bois's most powerful essays on race. He explores how to tell the story of those left out of recorded history, the evils of colonialism worldwide, and Africa's and African's contributions to, and neglect from, world history.

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