W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

On the Backlash to the Previous Letter After the May 1922 Issue of The Crisis Magazine, was published, W.E.B. Dubois was severely upbraided for his analysis of Lincoln. The following is his response to such criticism which was subsequently published in the September...
TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE

TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE

THE FIRST AFRICAN LEADER IN THE WEST Born a slave in 1744 on the Breda plantation in St. Dominique (present day Haiti), Toussaint L’Ouverture rose to become the first independent Black leader in the New World. Under his guidance, Haiti became the second...