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Of the Passing of the First-Born

Of the Passing of the First-Born

DuBois, W. E. B.

Hardcover

Series: American Roots

Black American StudiesDeath & DyingGeneral United States History

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ISBN10: 142909625X
ISBN13: 9781429096256
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: May 22 2018
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.00 Depth: 6.50
Language: English
From W.E.B. Dubois' 1903 The Souls of Black Folk, this excerpt is a moving account of the short life and tragic death of his first-born son. In it is the wonder of creation, the bond between mother and child, the awakening love of a parent for his offspring, and the reality of a father of color seeing freedom in the loss. Well sped, my boy, before the world had dubbed your ambition insolence, had held your ideals unattainable, and taught you to cringe and bow. Better far this nameless void that stops my life than a sea of sorrow for you. This short work is part of Applewood's American Roots, series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers and thinkers.

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