The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois • 1903
Devastation Rating
race sociology identity American history
Our Take
Du Bois wrote about double consciousness — the experience of being Black in America, of seeing yourself through eyes that despise you — and the concept has not aged a day. The chapter on his son's death is among the most devastating pages in American literature.
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