John Brown
Written by W. E. B. Du Bois
Narrated by JR Martin
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Content note: This book includes detailed descriptions of the violence of slavery and white supremacy, and it contains several brief instances of racist language. In accordance with LibriVox policy, no words have been omitted from the historical record. Summary by Wikipedia
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and socialist. Born in Massachusetts, he was raised in Great Barrington, an integrated community. He studied at the University of Berlin and at Harvard, where he became the first African American scholar to earn a doctorate. He worked as a professor at Atlanta University, a historically Black institution, and was one of the leaders of the Niagara Movement, which advocated for equal rights and opposed Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta compromise. In 1909, he cofounded the NAACP and served for years as the editor of its official magazine The Crisis. In addition to his activism against lynching, Jim Crow laws, and other forms of discrimination and segregation, Du Bois authored such influential works as The Souls of Black Folk (1903) and Black Reconstruction in America (1935). A lifelong opponent of racism and a committed pacifist, Du Bois advocated for socialism as a means of replacing racial capitalism in America and around the world. In the 1920s, he used his role at The Crisis to support the artists of the Harlem Renaissance and sought to emphasize the role of African Americans in shaping American society in his book The Gift of Black Folk (1924).
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mr. Du Bois gives a detailed account of this icon of American history folded himself into our country’s fabric. Brown was a much stronger force in our society’s evolution than I had known before.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Hard to follow but it is still a good read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stupendous book, beautifully read by JR Martin. Worth your time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I learned so much more about John Brown than I ever knew. He was a extraordinary man. And W. E. B Dubois was a immensely talented and highly intelligent successful man.