Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

"I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater words, in the hope that I may strike here and there a half-tone, newer even if slighter, up from the heart of my problem and the problems of my people."

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (1868 – 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.

Contents:

Credo

The Shadow of Year

A Litany at Atlanta

The Souls of White Folk

The Riddle of the Sphinx

The Hands of Ethiopia

The Princess of the Hither Isles

Of Work and Wealth

The Second Coming

"The Servant in the House"

Jesus Christ in Texas

Of the Ruling of Men

The Call

The Damnation of Women

Children of the Moon

The Immortal Child

Almighty Death

Of Beauty and Death

The Prayers of God

The Comet

A Hymn to the Peoples