The Quest of the Silver Fleece

<p><b>When two young people are given a life-changing opportunity they encounter moral and systemic challenges that are directly tied to their racial and economic backgrounds.</b> In <i>The Quest of the Silver Fleece</i> W.E.B. Du Bois confronts covert discrimination in contemporary America.</p><p>Cotton also known as silver fleece is still a prized possession in the early-twentieth century. It continues to generate massive profits that are barely distributed amongst its predominantly Black workforce. Zora is a child of the South and Bles is a man with Northern sensibilities-yet they both feel the weight of oppression. Set in Alabama and Washington D.C. <i>The Quest of the Silver Fleece</i> examines the struggle for upward mobility and the compromises to sustain it.</p><p> As a sociologist Du Bois explores the ongoing effects of racial inequality in both the North and South. With <i>The Quest of the Silver Fleece</i> he highlights the glaring disparity between the white establishment and African American labor. It's an explicit indictment of continued oppression in a post-slavery society.</p> <p>With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of <i>The Quest of the Silver Fleece</i> is both modern and readable.</p>