Du Bois (W.E. Burghardt) The Gift of Black Folk.
£975
The Negroes in the Making of America
Boston, Mass., The Stratford Co., 1924.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt.
An important work by the American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist Du Bois, highlighting the unique contributions of African-Americans in building the United States.
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Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper; cloth a little bumped and marked, spine dulled.
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