SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - W. E. B. Du Bois, The Philadelphia Negro, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
27 Nov 2013
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Overview and background, theory of race" and racism; theories of the color line, double consciousness and the veil; theory of emancipation. William edward burghardt du bois: background and biography. 1895-96 studies in berlin under max weber. 1908-1934 founding and board member editor of naacp. 1919 organizes the first pan-african congress in paris. 1961 joins the american communist party, renounces american citizenship. The suppression of the african slave trade (1896) The experience of black identity in america. Racial stratification in the united states (the philadelphia negro) The color line: hierarchically organized attitudes, systems of meaning and social structures revolving around skin color and race" (a&e, glossary) In a wee wooden schoolhouse, something put it into the boys" and girls" heads to buy gorgeous visiting-cards ten cents a package and exchange. The exchange was merry, till one girl, a tall newcomer, refused my card, refused it with a glance.
