WEB DuBois A Biography in Four Voices (1996)

The long and remarkable life of Dr William Edward Burghardt WEB Du Bois 18681963 offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history Born three years after the end of the Civil War Du Bois witnessed the imposition of Jim Crow its defeat by the Civil Rights Movement and the triumph of African independence struggles Du Bois was the consummate scholaractivist whose pathbreaking works remain among the most significant and articulate ever produced on the subject of race His contributions and legacy have been so farreaching that this his first film biography required the collaboration of four prominent African American writers Wesley Brown Thulani Davis Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka narrate successive periods of Du Bois life and discuss its impact on their work