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    WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS (1868-1963) was without question the most influential black intellectual in American history. Iri his extraordinary public career, Du Bois achieved prominence in the worlds of both scholarship and politics. Du Bois authored or edited more than thirty works. His ethnographic survey of black life, The Philadelphia Negro, established the field of urban sociology. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction, frst published in 1935, presented a radical reih terpretation of the social and political struggles for democracy in the post-bellum 5outh. trom the vantage point of black Americans. ……

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    A tireless, impassioned champion of civil rights, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) forged a distinguished career as an author, editor, and leader in the civil rights movement. The architect of the Niagara Movement (forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Du Bois employed his skills as an eloquent, immensely knowledgeable writer and public speaker to help shape the revolt of black intellectuals against the conciliatory policies of Booker T. Washington.
    This collection of fiery essays, sketches, and poems--first published nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development and other periodicals--dates from the zenith of Du Bois" political influence in the United States. Reflecting the author"s political, his  torical, and artistic ideas, Darkwater has long moved and inspired readers with its militant cry for social, political, and economic reforms for black Americans.
    Like Du Bois" highly influential The Souls of Black Folk, the present work is essential reading for students of African-American history and anyone interested in~ the history~of the civil rights movement.

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       Credo
    I. TIlE SHADOW OF YEARS
       A Litany at Atlanta  
   II. THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK
       The Riddle of the Sphinx
  III. THE HANDS OF ETHIOPIA
       The Princess of the Hither Isles
   IV. OF WORK AND WEALTH
       The Second Coming
    V. "THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE"
       Jesus Christ in Texas
   VI. OF THE RULING OF MEN
       The Call
  VII. THE DAMNATION OF WOMEN  
       Children of the Moon  
VIII. THE IMMORTAL CHILD
       Almighty Death
   IX. OF BEAUTY AND DEATH
       The Prayers of God
   X.  TIlE COMET
       A Hymn to the Peoples