The Souls of Black Folk

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The Forethought I. Of Our Spiritual Strivings II. Of the Dawn of Freedom III. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others IV. Of the Meaning of Progress V. Of the Wings of Atalanta VI. Of the Training of Black Men VII. Of the Black Belt VIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece IX. Of the Sons of Master and Man X. Of the Faith of the Fathers XI. Of the Passing of the First-Born XII. Of Alexander Crummell XIII. Of the Coming…

Details

• AuthorW.E.B. Du Bois
• SourceProject Gutenberg #408
• Length68,384 words
• Chapters17
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-03

Contents

17 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01Herein is Written
2. 02The Forethought
3. 03I. Of Our Spiritual Strivings
4. 04II. Of the Dawn of Freedom
5. 05III. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
6. 06IV. Of the Meaning of Progress
7. 07V. Of the Wings of Atalanta
8. 08VI. Of the Training of Black Men
9. 09VII. Of the Black Belt
10. 10VIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece
11. 11IX. Of the Sons of Master and Man
12. 12X. Of the Faith of the Fathers
13. 13XI. Of the Passing of the First-Born
14. 14XII. Of Alexander Crummell
15. 15XIII. Of the Coming of John
16. 16XIV. Of the Sorrow Songs
17. 17The Afterthought

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