American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
Episode 616: W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America (Part 1)
18 Dec 2023
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In this episode I look at the first four chapters of the amazing book BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a brilliant celebration of the potential of interracial democracy, written at a time when those potentials were forgotten by historians.
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