Essays on race in post-emancipation America that introduce 'double consciousness' and 'the veil'. A landmark of sociology and African American letters.
Books mentioned in The Souls of Black Folk (4)
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe: “the dark woodwork of the bookcases, where Fox's “Lives of the Martyrs” nestled happily beside “The Whole Duty of Man.””
The Whole Duty of Man by Richard Allestree: “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."”
Pro Archia Poeta by Cicero: “I put Cicero “pro Archia Poeta” into the simplest English with local applications, and usually convinced them”
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: “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.”