The Gift of Black Folk

<p><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>New foreword written by HeritageMom Amber O'Neal Johnston.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>During a time when the United States needed to be reminded of the contributions Black people have made to its democracy freedom music literature and more W.E.B. Du Bois took on the task of enumerating the gifts that we've provided to our country.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>When I began reading </span><em style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>The Gift of Black Folk</em><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>...the story that unfolded was one that I had never anticipated. We the People of the United States all of us have left our indelible mark on America the Beautiful.</span></p><p class=ql-align-right><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>-Amber O'Neal Johnston</span></p><p class=ql-align-right><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>In 1924 William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois (1868-1963) penned </span><em style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>The Gift of Black Folk</em><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)> in response to systemic racism in the United States showing that ...the American spirit is a new and interesting result of diverse threads of thought and feeling coming not only from America but from Europe and Asia and indeed from Africa.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>Du Bois was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University and later became a professor of history sociology and economics at Atlanta University. In 1909 he co-founded the NAACP. Du Bois was a lifelong leader and proponent of civil rights.</span></p><p><strong>Amber O'Neal Johnston</strong><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)> is a writer speaker and home educator who blends life-giving books with a culturally-rich environment for her four children and others. She's the author of </span><em style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>A Place to Belong</em><span style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)> a guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in the home and beyond and she's known for sharing literary mirrors and windows on</span><strong> HeritageMom.com</strong><strong style=color: rgba(128 128 128 1)>.</strong></p>