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Summary Of The Souls Of Black Folk

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W.E.B Du Bois wrote the book The Souls Of Black Folk, it was originally published in 1903. The Souls Of Black Folks is about how African Americans were treated as a society after the Civil War. W.E.B. Du Bois discusses the inequality that African Americans were facing specifically in the South and how it was dealt with over time. W.E.B Du Bois shared his personal experiences of how he was treated, expressing his thoughts and feelings vividly with what he went through as an African American. This book is important because it recognizes the struggles of African Americans and how they were able to manage the difficulties, it also incorporates W.E.B. Du Bois’s perspective of how he was seen in society. In every chapter of the book, W.E.B. Du Bois …show more content…

I have sometimes half suspected that here the winged ram Chriysomallus left that Fleece after which Jason and his Argonauts went vaguely wandering into the shadowy East three thousand years ago.” This analogy was based on the bad outcome of the production of cotton, how African Americans weren’t able to succeed but the white people were able to. African Americans played a major role in the growth of cotton, and the results of not having the same treatment as the white people led African Americans into poverty. Du Bois discusses the challenges facing society. He talks about how education was limited to many people, though education helps people gain knowledge, Du Bois argues that education was also used socially to help people in the future. Du Bois also argues that African Americans were segregated from receiving higher

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