The World and Africa & Color and Democracy
Collected in one volume for the first time, The World and Africa and Color and Democracy are two of W E. B. Du Bois's most powerful essays on race. He explores how to tell the story of those left out of recorded history, the evils of colonialism worldwide, and Africa's and African's contributions to, and neglect from, world history.
Black Reconstruction in America: W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois's massive essay about the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the US Civil War. Du Bois argues that the period represented an potential revolutionary moment in which the southern black population played an active and crucial role.
The Souls of Black Folk
A classic text on race in America from 1903.
Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the U.S. - W.E.B. Du Bois
An article on the state of the domestic US economy and the beginning of moving manufacturing to the South. Mainly focuses on the issues facing the black workers. It's conclusion contains some unqualified praise of the Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China.
Why I Won't Vote: W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois explains his decision to abstain from voting in the 1956 Presidential Election.
The Hosts of Black Labor: W.E.B. Du Bois
The possibility of higher wages and less racially motivated violence attracted many thousands of Black Americans to Northern states in the 1920's. W.E.B. Du Bois looks at the economic causes and effects of this migration.
Socialism and the Negro Problem: W.E.B. Du bois
W.E.B. Du Bois published this article as a public criticism of attitude and strategy of the Socialist Party of America, accusing it of compromising on racism to appeal to white workers.
Black Revolutionaries in the US: Communist Interventions, vol. 2
Second volume of the Communist Interventions series, collecting debates between Black revolutionaries in the US.
"The American blindspot": Reconstruction according to Eric Foner and W.E.B. Du Bois - Noel Ignatiev
Noel Ignatiev's review of two books about Reconstruction, which was the period in American history where the victorious Northern federal government attempted to transform the state and society in the South.
The black radical tradition
A massive PDF compilation of writings about black radical and revolutionary movements in the US in the 20th century. This same reader is available in a cleaner format here: http://libcom.org/library/black-revolutionaries-us-communist-interventions-vol-3
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