W. E. B. Du Bois - CLR James [James wrote this essay as an introduction to a 1965 republication of W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk. He says: "Dr Du Bois has always…
From DuBois to Fanon - C.L.R. James (1970) Text of a talk given by James on the trajectory from W.E.B. Du Bois to Franz Fanon.
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…
Black Reconstruction in America: W.E.B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois's massive essay about the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the US Civil War. Du Bois argues that the period represented…
Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the U.S. - W.E.B. Du Bois An article on the state of the domestic US economy and the beginning of moving manufacturing to the South. Mainly focuses on the issues facing the black workers. It's conclusion contains some unqualified praise of the Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China.
Why I Won't Vote: W.E.B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois explains his decision to abstain from voting in the 1956 Presidential Election.
The Hosts of Black Labor: W.E.B. Du Bois The possibility of higher wages and less racially motivated violence attracted many thousands of Black Americans to Northern states in the 1920's…
Socialism and the Negro Problem: W.E.B. Du bois W.E.B. Du Bois published this article as a public criticism of attitude and strategy of the Socialist Party of America, accusing it of…
Black Revolutionaries in the US: Communist Interventions, vol. 2 Second volume of the Communist Interventions series, collecting debates between Black…
"The American blindspot": Reconstruction according to Eric Foner and W.E.B. Du Bois - Noel Ignatiev Noel Ignatiev's review of two books about Reconstruction, which was the period in…
The black radical tradition A massive PDF compilation of writings about black radical and revolutionary movements in the US in the 20th century. This same reader is…
