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W. E. B. Du Bois: American Prophet
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W. E. B. Du Bois: American Prophet. By Edward J. Blum. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007, Pp. iii, 221. $39.95.)
Edward Blum makes it clear from the very beginning of his study that his goal is to correct scholars' failure to accurately understand who William E. B. Du Bois was. Showing much chutzpah, he takes on most if not all of the standard interpretations of Du Bois and boldly announces that they have neglected to present an accurate picture of who this man was ...
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W. E. B. Du Bois: American Prophet.(Book review)
Church History
; W. E. B. Du Bois: American Prophet. By Edward J. Blum. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. viii + 278 pp. $39.95 cloth. The life, thought, and activities of W. E. B. Du Bois have been treated from many angles by scholars in a ...
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W. E. B. Du Bois: American Prophet
The Journal of Southern History
; W. E. B. Du Bois: American Prophet. By Edward J. Blum. Politics and Culture in Modern America. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, c. 2007. Pp. viii ... singular and innovative scholars writing on religion and race today. Taking issue witii the frequent scholarly ...
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The Spiritual Scholar: W.E.B. Du Bois
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
; Editor's Note: By the end of his life W.E.B. Du Bois had embraced atheistic Marxism and Communism. But Du Bois stayed connected to religion in various ways. Du Bois wrote dozens of prayers for his students at Atlanta University. He was a regular ... prophecies. And he ...
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New Book Links Gandhi and African-American Philosophy
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... subject of a new book, Raising Up a Prophet - The African-American Encounter With With Gandhi by Sudarshan Kapur. E. Ethelbert Miller has this review. E. ETHELBERT MILLER, Reporter: Like many Americans who celebrate the birthday of Martin ... How and why King and other ...
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Truths That Unfortunately Were Not, and Still Are Not, Sufficiently Self-Evident1
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
; ... achieving one of our Nation's greatest challenges, i.e., to ensure that all its citizens truly enjoy the American Dream. On this, my maiden voyage before my colleagues ... the law of the land in 1954. I begin with a context. W.E.B. Du Bois was the first black to earn a Ph.D. at ...
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