SOCIOL 3A03 Lecture Notes - The Philadelphia Negro, The Atlantic, Massu Engira Masilamani
25 Jun 2014
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The souls of black folk (1903), is a compilation of 14 essays that du bois published previously in the atlantic monthly, the new world, and other journals. The souls of black folk is significant because du bois writes in a new voice. : he turned away from the more empirical, strictly scientific accounting of race after writing. The philadelphia negro, convinced that facts alone did nothing to influence people toward improving conditions for blacks: he recognized that race does not work or exist solely at the rational level. Brokert washington moderate but du bois is radical. Write with new voise turns away from stritly scien empirical said facts alone did not convince pple to change conditions. Write in a more soulful voice race doesn"t exist at a rational level. Amreican don"t know about the afrca amercan even though they about about their conditions empirically. He himself is part of the masss of those oppressred (behind veil)
