"I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater words, in the hope that I may strike here and there a half-tone, newer even if slighter, up from the heart of my problem and the problems of my people." William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (1868 - 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. Contents: - Credo - The Shadow of Year - A Litany at Atlanta - The Souls of White Folk - The Riddle of the Sphinx - The Hands of Ethiopia - The Princess of the Hither Isles - Of Work and Wealth - The Second Coming - "The Servant in the House" - Jesus Christ in Texas - Of the Ruling of Men - The Call - The Damnation of Women - Children of the Moon - The Immortal Child - Almighty Death - Of Beauty and Death - The Prayers of God - The Comet - A Hymn to the Peoples