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Darkwater : voices from within the veil / by W.E.B. Du Bois ; with a new introduction by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers ; and a foreword by Manning Marable.

by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

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305.896073 D815d

Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions.

United States -- Race relations.

9781839764073 (pbk)

Alternate title:

Dark water : voices from within the veil

162 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace, 1920.

Includes bibliographical references.

"'I have been in the world, but not of it,' begins this searing and passionate book by legendary scholar W.E.B. Du Bois. A continuation of his celebrated work The Souls of Black Folk, Darkwater describes the devastation of segregation, slavery, and the global color line that veiled half the world's people in shadow. First published in 1920, Darkwater gives voice to the rising power of the "darker races" around the world; it frames Africa's blistering indictment of Europe in a study of the curious and twisted souls of white folk; and it includes Du Bois's landmark essay "The Damnation of Women," in which he explores gender inequality and the double burdens forced onto black women. Combining essays and analysis with poetry, allegory, and short fiction, Darkwater is an angry and eloquent argument that, as Du Bois writes, 'a belief in humanity is a belief in colored men.' This beautiful edition includes a new introduction from award-winning poet and novelist Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and a historical preface by historian Manning Marable."--PUblisher.

Jeffers, Fanonne.

Marable, Manning, 1950-2011.

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