Publisher's Synopsis
W. E. B. Du Bois was a prominent American historian and civil rights activist. Du Bois rose to fame through being the leader of the Niagara Movement. Du Bois was also a prolific writer and many of his works are considered cornerstones of African-American literature. The Negro in the South, published in 1907, is a book based on lectures that Booker T. Washington and Du Bois gave on the history of African-Americans in the South.