The Souls of Black Folk

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois read and performed by toriasuncle. The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the first works to deal with sociology. (Summary from Wikipedia.org ) For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (122MB) Download M4B Part 2 (99MB)

Directors & creators

W.E.B. Du Bois

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; african-american; history; sociology

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