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BL
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637735
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| Main Entry
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Wolters, Raymond,1938-
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| Title & Author
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Du Bois and his rivals /\ Raymond Wolters
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xiv, 311 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0826213855
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: 9780826213853
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Du Bois -- Du Bois and Booker T. Washington -- Du Bois and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Du Bois and the First World War -- Du Bois and Marcus Garvey -- Du Bois and Walter White -- The final years
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| Abstract
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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 nation'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 Bois's life, but the book'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 Washington's conciliatory approach toward powerful whites. At the same time, Du Bois'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 White's insistence that integration was the best way to promote the advancement of black people."--Jacket
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Du Bois, W. E. B., (William Edward Burghardt),1868-1963
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Du Bois, W. E. B., (William Edward Burghardt),1868-1963-- Friends and associates
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Du Bois, W. E. B., (William Edward Burghardt),1868-1963-- Political and social views
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African American civil rights workers, Biography
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Civil rights workers-- United States, Biography
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African American intellectuals, Biography
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African American leadership-- History-- 20th century
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century
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African Americans-- Intellectual life-- 20th century
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Cultural pluralism-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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| Dewey Classification
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305.896/073/0092B
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| LC Classification
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E185.97.D73W65 2002
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