Major Thinkers in Africana Studies

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2026 Topic: W.E.B. Du Bois This course will introduce students to the major works of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. Readings will include (in chronological order): The Philadelphia Negro (1899); The Souls of Black Folk (1903); Dark Princess (1928); Black Reconstruction in America (1935); Color and Democracy (1945); and The World and Africa (1947) to name a few. They will be supplemented with secondary readings by: Booker T. Washington, Michael Rudolph West, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Hazel Carby, Paul Gilroy, Adolph Reed, Lewis Gordon, Marina Bilbija, C. L. R. James and others. Satisfies a requirement in Africana Studies. Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Global Literary Theory. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement