“Fierce and refreshing.”— Carlos Lozada, Washington Post Named a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post, and one of the best books of the year by Spectator and Publishers Weekly, The Souls of Yellow Folk is the powerful debut from one of the most acclaimed essayists of his generation. Wesley Yang writes about race and sex without the polite lies that bore us all.

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This is a seminal work of African-American literature by one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 20th century. The book is a collection of essays and sketches that explore issues of race, identity, and culture in America. It offers insights into the experiences and struggles of Black Americans in a society marked by racism and inequality. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois, originally published in 1903, is a classic in American and African American literature. Du Bois writes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His thoughts on education, the songs of slaves, the "veil" of race, "double-consciousness," and political and economic equality have been foundational in the literature of emancipation and race relations.