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W.E.B. Du Bois: Revolutionary Across the Color Line
Bill V. Mullen
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Description for W.E.B. Du Bois: Revolutionary Across the Color Line
Paperback. Accessible introduction to the life and times of one of the towering figures of the American Civil Rights movement Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
On the 27th August, 1963, the day before Martin Luther King electrified the world from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the immortal words, 'I Have a Dream', the life of another giant of the Civil Rights movement quietly drew to a close in Accra, Ghana: W.E.B. Du Bois. In this new biography, Bill V. Mullen interprets the seismic political developments of the Twentieth Century through Du Bois's revolutionary life. Du Bois was born in Massachusetts in 1868, just three years after formal emancipation of America's slaves. In his extraordinarily long and active political life, ... Read more
On the 27th August, 1963, the day before Martin Luther King electrified the world from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the immortal words, 'I Have a Dream', the life of another giant of the Civil Rights movement quietly drew to a close in Accra, Ghana: W.E.B. Du Bois. In this new biography, Bill V. Mullen interprets the seismic political developments of the Twentieth Century through Du Bois's revolutionary life. Du Bois was born in Massachusetts in 1868, just three years after formal emancipation of America's slaves. In his extraordinarily long and active political life, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Revolutionary Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745335056
SKU
V9780745335056
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About Bill V. Mullen
Bill V. Mullen is Professor of American Studies at Purdue University. He is co-editor with Ashley Dawson of Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities (Haymarket, 2015). He is the author of W.E.B. Du Bois: Revolutionary Across the Color Line (Pluto Press, 2016).
Reviews for W.E.B. Du Bois: Revolutionary Across the Color Line
'A must read for anyone interested in the life and work of this pioneering Black revolutionary'
People's World 'An accessible and valuable work'
Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch 'Bill Mullen's illuminating biography is essential for understanding the political, personal, and intellectual challenges Du Bois faced in his lifetime search for a black revolutionary praxis'
Mary Helen Washington, Professor of ... Read more
People's World 'An accessible and valuable work'
Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch 'Bill Mullen's illuminating biography is essential for understanding the political, personal, and intellectual challenges Du Bois faced in his lifetime search for a black revolutionary praxis'
Mary Helen Washington, Professor of ... Read more