{"product_id":"w-e-b-du-bois-souls-of-black-folk-a-graphic-interpretation-9781978824652","title":"W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk: A Graphic Interpretation","description":"\"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.\" These were the prescient words of W. E. B. Du Bois's influential 1903 book \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. The preeminent Black intellectual of his generation, Du Bois wrote about the trauma of seeing the Reconstruction era's promise of racial equality cruelly dashed by the rise of white supremacist terror and Jim Crow laws. Yet he also argued for the value of African American cultural traditions and provided inspiration for countless civil rights leaders who followed him. Now artist Paul Peart-Smith offers the first graphic adaptation of Du Bois's seminal work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Peart-Smith's graphic adaptation provides historical and cultural contexts that bring to life the world behind Du Bois's words. Readers will get a deeper understanding of the cultural debates \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk \u003c\/i\u003eengaged in, with more background on figures like Booker T. Washington, the advocate of black economic uplift, and the Pan-Africanist minister Alexander Crummell. This beautifully illustrated book vividly conveys the continuing legacy of \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e, effectively updating it for the era of the 1619 Project and Black Lives Matter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAUL PEART-SMITH, an artist of Afro-Caribbean and British background, has been working in the comics industry since the early 1990s, when he worked on \u003ci\u003eJudge Dredd\u003c\/i\u003e. Co-curator of the comics exhibition \u003ci\u003eBlack Power\u003c\/i\u003e, he now lives in Tasmania. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PAUL BUHLE has been a key creative force in the development of comics for more than fifty years, publishing one of the first alternative comics, as well as editing graphic novels on subjects ranging from the Wobblies to Che Guevara. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBallad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson\u003c\/i\u003e (Rutgers University Press). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e HERB BOYD is a veteran journalist of African American life and culture, working frequently with artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JONATHAN SCOTT HOLLOWAY is the twenty-first president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618243416338,"sku":"9781978824652","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da04f198-849f-4f9d-b09c-48eb2dda49de.jpg?v=1732528874","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/w-e-b-du-bois-souls-of-black-folk-a-graphic-interpretation-9781978824652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}