W.E.B. DUBOIS by [Dubois, W.E.B.] McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack,

W.E.B. DUBOIS

Edition: First printing.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography for older children and young adults of this lifelong activist for equal rights by these award winning writers. "DuBois, conducted a lifelong crusade to insure that every person, regardless of race, had all the rights, privileges, and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. The McKissacks reveal his frustration with the divisiveness within the movement and among its leaders, causing him to embrace the socialist movement and eventually to become a member of the Communist party. His self-exile to Ghana and becoming a citizen of that nation is briefly mentioned." Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A title in the Impact Biographies Series. Appendix of the writings of DuBois, source notes, bibliography, index. 143 pp. ISBN: 0-531109399.

Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.

Book ID: 85973
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