W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography 1868-1963 [Paperback]

The two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume.

William Edward Burghardt Du Boisthe premier architect of the civil rights movement in Americawas a towering and controversial personality, a fiercely proud individual blessed with the language of the poet and the impatience of the agitator. Now, David Levering Lewis has carved one volume out of his superlative two-volume biography of this monumental figure that set the standard for historical scholarship on this era. In his magisterial prose, Lewis chronicles Du Bois's long and storied career, detailing the momentous contributions to our national character that still echo today.

W.E.B. Du Boisis a 1993 and 2000 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction and the winner of the 1994 and 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

David Levering Lewisis the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of the two-volume biography of W. E. B. Du Bois. He has been awarded numerous prizes and fellowships, including a MacArthur Fellowship. Twice a finalist for the National Book Award, Lewis lives in Manhattan and Stanfordville, New York, with his wife.

Splendid . . . A landmark of American scholarship. Lewis develops the most convincing portrayal ever written of Du Bois.
The Washington Post

Mr. Lewis is a deft and sensitive guide . . . He so vividly evokes the environments that shaped Du Bois that one almost participates in the life.
The New York Times Book Review

Lewiss two volumes make up one of the finest biographies that this country has produced.
The New York Review of Books