W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919

W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919
First edition
AuthorDavid Levering Lewis
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
PublisherHenry Holt
Publication date
1993
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages752
ISBN978-0-8050-3568-1
Preceded byThe Harlem Renaissance Reader (editor) 
Followed byWhen Harlem Was in Vogue 

W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919 is a nonfiction book written by historian David Levering Lewis and published in 1993 by Henry Holt and Company. The book studies the early and middle years of Du Bois's life. It is the first in a two-part biography of W.E.B. Du Bois. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1994, as did Lewis's second installment, W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963, winning the Pulitzer in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Biography - The Pulitzer Prizes". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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