"Darkwater: Voice From Within the Veil"

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The paper states that Du Bois, writing in the 1920s, is one of the most influential African-Americans to write before the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. The author feels that "Darkwater" has become a classic in African-American non-fiction. The paper discusses the central themes of the book: Self-rule in Africa, role of black women and outrage at the prejudice in the U.S.

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"Du Bois writes with the elegance of one who knows he can write, and paint vivid pictures. He says of his grandfather, "Uncle Tallow," he was "a brown man, strong-voiced and redolent with tobacco, who sat stiffly in a great high chair because his hip was broken. He was probably a bit lazy and given to wassail" (Du Bois 486). These rich descriptions of people and places flow throughout the book, giving it depth and allowing the reader to glimpse a little of black life at the turn of the 20th century. He uses the same lyrical description to paint a picture of the denigration of Blacks and their hopeless lives, which led to the race riots in East St. Louis in 1917."

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