This historian's Swift-inspired satire "A Mild Suggestion" proposed a night where whites couldfreely murder blacks.
This historian's Swift-inspired satire "A Mild Suggestion" proposed a night where whites couldfreely murder blacks. He opened a first-of-its-kind history by declaring, "Africa is at once the mostromantic and most tragic of continents". In another text, he described how the transfer of capitalfrom "Confederate planter to the Northern invader" was brought about by a general strike of slaves.In "Of Our (*) Spiritual Strivings", he argued that Negroes had a "double-consciousness". This author ofBlack Reconstruction in America discussed the "Sorrow Songs" of slaves in his best known work. ThisCrisis editor advocated for a subset of his people that would put the "best foot forward", the talented tenth.For 10 points, name this author of The Souls of Black Folk.
This historian's Swift-inspired satire "A Mild Suggestion" proposed a night where whites couldfreely murder blacks.
W. E. B. Du Bois [or William Edward Burghardt Du Bois]