Du Bois and His Rivals (Volume 1)

Du Bois and His Rivals (Volume 1)
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W. E. B. Du Bois was the preeminent black scholar of his era. He was also a principal founder and for twenty-eight years an executive officer of the nationâ‚¬s most effective civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Even though Du Bois was best known for his lifelong stance against racial oppression, he represented much more. He condemned the racism of the white world but also criticized African Americans for mistakes of their own. He opposed segregation but had reservations about integration. Today he would be known as a pluralist.

In Du Bois and His Rivals, Raymond Wolters provides a distinctive biography of this great pioneer of the American civil rights movement. Readers are able to follow the outline of Du Boisâ‚¬s life, but the bookâ‚¬s main emphasis is on discrete scenes in his life, especially the controversies that pitted Du Bois against his principal black rivals. He challenged Booker T. Washington because he could not abide Washingtonâ‚¬s conciliatory approach toward powerful whites. At the same time, Du Boisâ‚¬s pluralism led him to oppose the leading separatists and integrationists of his day. He berated Marcus Garvey for giving up on America and urging blacks to pursue a separate destiny. He also rejected Walter Whiteâ‚¬s insistence that integration was the best way to promote the advancement of black people.

Du Bois felt that American blacks should be full-fledged Americans, with all the rights of other American citizens. However, he believed that they should also preserve and develop enough racial distinctiveness to enable them to maintain and foster a sense of racial identity, community, and pride. Du Bois and His Rivals shows that Du Bois stood for much more than protest against racial oppression. He was also committed to pluralism, and his pluralism emphasized the importance of traditional standards and of internal cooperation within the black community. Anyone interested in the civil rights movement, black history, or the history of the United States during the early twentieth century will find this book valuable.
Country USA
Brand University of Missouri Press
Manufacturer University of Missouri
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 25 illustrations, index
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780826215192
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Missouri Press
Manufacturer	University of Missouri
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	25 illustrations, index
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780826215192
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Du Bois and His Rivals (Volume 1)

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