![]() ![]() ![]() From the enslaved and hunted to doctors and researchers, this country is the people who lived here.ĭuBois understood that and he even wrote a novel, The Quest of the Silver Fleece. Well written and compelling, we begin to care about these people, as we understand that history is not just about presidents, wars, proclamations and assassinations, but also about people living and shaping their lives. It brings to life his historical masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk. I am certain DuBois would have appreciated this work. As a partner to DuBois’ history, Love Songs gives us the real human counterpart. DuBois, Jeffers begins each chapter with a DuBois quote. In homage to the first great historian of American Black history, W.E.B. ![]() Some are good, some bad, some successful, others with challenges, just like all families. This book is, on its surface, a family history.įrom the slavery and the Indian relocation, through reconstruction, the civil rights movement to the present day, we meet regular, extraordinary people just trying to live their lives. To contemplate what role our ancestors played in history’s major events is to face our morality, our purpose. We all have family, some of us know our family and its history to some degree. ![]()
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