The Souls of Black Folk

<b>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time</b><br><br>When first published in 1903 W.E.B. Du Bois&#146;s <b>The Souls of Black Folk</b> struck like a thunderclap quickly establishing itself as a work that wholly redefined the history of the black experience in America introducing the now famous &#147;problem of the color line.&#148; In decades since its stature has only grown and today it ranks as one of the most influential and resonant works in the history of American thought.<br><br> This centennial edition contains a landmark Introduction by historian David Levering Lewis that brilliantly demonstrates how <b>The Souls of Black Folk</b> remains indispensable not only to an understanding of the history of race and democracy in America but to considerations of the future of racial and cultural comity in the twenty-first century.