W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois spent many decades fighting to ensure that African Americans could claim their place as full citizens and thereby fulfill the deeply compromised ideals of American democracy. Yet he died in Africa, having apparently given up on the United States.   

In this tour-de-force, Elvira Basevich examines this paradox by tracing the development of his life and thought and the relevance of his...