The Souls of Black Folk on The Whole Duty of Man: “I sometimes fancy I can see that tableau: the frail black figure, nervously twitching his hat before the massive abdomen of Bishop Onderdonk; his threadbare coat thrown against the dark woodwork of the bookcases, where Fox's "Lives of the Martyrs" nestled happily beside "The Whole Duty of Man."”
The Souls of Black Folk on Pro Archia Poeta: “I put Cicero “pro Archia Poeta” into the simplest English with local applications, and usually convinced them”
The Souls of Black Folk on Uncle Tom's Cabin: “This deep religious fatalism, painted so beautifully in “Uncle Tom,” came soon to breed, as all fatalistic faiths will, the sensualist side by side with the martyr.”
The Help on The Souls of Black Folk: “she puts checkmarks next to the books: The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois, poems by Emily Dickinson (any)”