68. The Problem of the Color Line: Introducing the Twentieth Century
By exploring the work and activities of W.E.B. Du Bois around the turn of the twentieth century, we introduce some of the themes of our coverage of that century.
Themes:
• The Negro Problem: A Series of Articles by Representative American Negroes of To-day (New York: 1903).
• W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches (Chicago: 1903).
• A.M. Duster (ed.), Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (Chicago: 1970).
• B. Sylvain, Du sort des indigènes dans les colonies d'exploitation (Paris: 1901).
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• D.L. Lewis, W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (New York: 1993).
• D.L. Lewis, W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 (New York: 2001).
• M. Sherwood, Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora (London: 2010).
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DuBois
Somehow I never realized WEB DuBois lived til the 60s! Almost a hundred years old! I'm really looking forward to this series.
Episode 68
It's pronounced du bwa
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Du Bois
No actually it isn't! I mean, it would be if it were French, but Du Bois himself pronounced it as Doo Boys, as Chike would be the first to tell you - he's a leading expert on Du Bois' thought so he would not have allowed me to say it wrong!
What's the exact version of…
What's the exact version of St. Thomas you used for this part of the series?
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St Thomas
It's actually a live performance which was posted publicly - we used that because the more famous version would be copyrighted.
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