Prominent African-American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois continues to influence the understanding of race relations in the US. In this deeply personal introduction to the man and his ideas, esteemed scholar Carl A. Grant reflects on how Du Bois' work has illuminated his own life as a Black student, teacher, assistant principal and professor.

Carl A. Grant is Hoefs-Bascom Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and former Chair of the Afro American Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Series Editor's Introduction

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Growing up in the Sunshine of W. E. B. Du Bois

Chapter Two: The Color Line at Work and in Graduate School

Chapter Three: Multiculturalists in the Sunshine of Du Bois

Chapter Four: Research and Arguments: Against the Color Line

Index