The Souls of Black Folk W.E.B DuBois

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8 April 2008

The Souls of Black Folk

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W .E .B . Du Bois

W .E .B . Du Bois ' book entitled `The Souls of Black Folk ' talks about the color-line of citizens being the most common problem in the society . In a prophetical statement , he describes the society of the 20th century by putting emphasis on how it is to be free , what are the corresponding effects , as well as the social responsibilities that the leaders carry in their society . He states that problems of

the society in the 20th century refer to problems of the color line (Du Bois 1 . In an effort to interpret the spiritual world of the ten thousand people that live in the dawn of the 20th century , Du Bois refers to `emancipation ' as the root cause of people rising in personal leadership , creating two worlds that are within and without the Veil , with the effect of making way to train men for life

This revolves around the advance of the society in terms of color and black peasantry . Plunging deeper within the Veil , Du Bois reflected the true nature of the black society - its religion , struggle , passion and sorrow . As Du Bois stated , The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife ,--this longing to attain self-conscious manhood , to merge his double self into a better and truer self (4 To end this strife , the black folk have to merge with the society and be a co-worker in a culture where no color lingers in the soul

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According to the prophecy of Du Bois , the first decade of the 20th century would be filled with the black society searching the true sense of freedom in the true world - the emergence of war , terror , lies disorganization , and contradiction . for the sake of freedom that has not been sought . Du Bois stated , The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line ,--the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa , in America and the islands of the sea (9 . Slaves , refugees , and fugitives of war sent organizations into sending clothes , money , books , and teachers , usually to the black societies that were nearly destitute brought by famine and war . Despite temporal relief , the crisis included a labor problem that multiplied and affected vast dimensions in the societies , which led to the cultivation through systems of control . This brought great relief as the war finally led to their liberty - an and a system apt for the development of bureau set for improvement , protection , and employment of refugee freedmen (12

From a state of forced labor , black folks were emancipated to a new state of industry that brought the picture of black workers to a new dimension of industrial privilege . It was slavery in the world , but it was capable of of the black men . putting them under the same classification of the ox and the animals . Despite the fact...