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1978824653 epub The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. These were the prescient words of W. E. B. Du Boiss influential 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk. The preeminent Black intellectual of his generation, Du Bois wrote about the trauma of seeing the Reconstruction eras promise of racial equality cruelly dashed by the rise of white supremacist terror and Jim Crow laws. Yet he also argued for the value of African American cultural traditions and provided inspiration for countless civil rights leaders who followed him. Now artist Paul Peart-Smith offers the first graphic adaptation of Du Boiss seminal work. Peart-Smiths graphic adaptation provides historical and cultural contexts that bring to life the world behind Du Boiss words. Readers will get a deeper understanding of the cultural debates Read more