Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veilis a literary work byW.E.B. Du Bois. Published in 1920, the text incorporates autobiographicalinformation as well asessays, spirituals, andpoemsthat were all written by Du Bois himself.

Written when he was 50, Darkwateris the first of Du Bois's three autobiographies.

Du Bois maintained that the book was written to develop an understanding of the complications of thecolor-linewith emphasis on its political implications.

""I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater words, in the hope that I may strike here...

The Souls of Black Folkis a classic work ofAmerican literaturebyW.E.B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in thehistory of sociology, and a cornerstone ofAfrican-American literary history.

The book, publishedin 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in theAtlantic Monthlymagazine. To develop this groundbreaking work, Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African-American in the American society. Outside of its notable relevance inAfrican-American history, The Souls of Black Folkalso holds an important place in social science as one of the...