The Souls of Black Folk / W. E. B. Du Bois

Title: The Souls of Black Folk 

Author: W. E. B. Du Bois 

Subjects: Classic; Non-Fiction; Essays 

Each chapter of the book begins with a pair of epigraphs: text from a poem, and Bois describes it as "some echo of haunting melody." It is a seminal work in the history of sociology. It is one of the early works in the field of sociology. Must read for sociology students and interested in the subjects.

Contents

0. The Forethought

1. Of Our Spiritual Strivings

2. Of the Dawn of Freedom

3. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others

4. Of the Meaning of Progress

5. Of the Wings of Atalanta

6. Of the Training of Black Men

7. Of the Black Belt

8. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece

9. Of the Sons of Master and Man

10. Of the Faith of the Fathers

11. Of the Passing of the First-Born

12. Of Alexander Crummell

13. Of the Coming of John

14. Of the Sorrow Songs