Drawing on a broad range of sources, most notably Du Bois’s unpublished manuscript and research materials, Williams tells the surprising story of this unpublished book, bringing new insight into Du Bois’s struggles to reckon with both the history and the troubling memory of the war. For more than two decades Du Bois attempted to write the definitive history of Black participation in World War I. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to “close ranks” and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. To attend via Zoom webinar, please register at this link. Online bookselling will be made possible via Porter Square Books. For in-person attendees, there will be an author signing starting at 7 PM in the Connector Space just outside the Rabb Lecture Hall facilitated by a local independent bookstore. The content of the program will run from 6 to 7 PM. Following the conversation, which will be moderated by Kendra Field, Associate Professor at Tufts University, there will be time for Q&A with both virtual and in-person audiences. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I-and a new understanding of that era and of one of the great twentieth-century writers. Join us in-person or virtually to hear the dramatic story of W. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I.
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