Includes bibliographical references (pages 575-687) and index.
Contents
The reason why -- Du Bois and Garvey : two "Pan-Africas" -- On being crazy and somewhat devious -- Rearranging Ethiopia abroad and at home -- Civil rights by copyright -- Bolsheviks and dark princesses -- The possibility of democracy in America -- Holding on, amorously and angrily -- A new racial philosophy -- Atlanta : Black reconstruction and Casanova unbound -- Dictatorships compared : Germany, Russia, China, Japan -- Atlanta : the politics of knowledge -- Atlanta : soldiering on -- Against the grain : from the NAACP to the far left -- Exeunt -- Persons interviewed.
Summary
Lewis charts the second half of Du Bois's career, from the end of World War I on.