October 13, 2003
Du Bois Works on Display
EVANSTON, Ill.
--- An exhibit of the works of the great sociologist, historian
and activist W.E.B. Du Bois, whose landmark book “The
Souls of Black Folks” was published 100 years ago, is on
display at Northwestern University Library through Dec. 31.
The exhibit,
which is free and open to the public during regular library hours,
corresponds with a Oct. 24-25 conference organized
by Northwestern’s Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities
and the Department of African American Studies titled “100
Years of The Souls of Black Folks: A Celebration.”
The display of works by the highly influential Du Bois is located
in the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies on Level
5 of the East Tower of Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus
Drive, Evanston campus..
The exhibit
at the Herskovits Library includes a signed, first edition copy
of “The Souls of Black Folks,” published
in Chicago by A. C. McClurg & Co. in 1903, and first editions
of later Du Bois works, including “Black Folk Then and Now,” published
in 1939; “Dusk of Dawn,” published in 1940; and “The
World and Africa,” published in 1947.
In “The Souls of Black Folks,” Du Bois described
the magnitude of American racism, demanded an end to it, and defined
the problem of the 20th century as “the problem of the color
line.”
For further information about the Du Bois book exhibit or library
hours, call the Herskovits Library reference desk at (847) 467-3084
or send an e-mail to Africana@northwestern.edu. |