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- The Souls of Black Folk, illustrating some of the key ideas and themes
- He describes how the experience of never being seen as a full person and as an American is like wearing a permanent veil
- Du Bois's project in his collection of essays is to examine the origins and effects of that division between black and white America
- Du Bois suggested that the economic plight of Blacks began during slavery when persons worked for no money and continued after Emancipation when Blacks worked for very little money
- he continued to point to education as the primary means of mobility and character development for Blacks. He also noted the difficulty in convincing segments of the Black population of the merits of education given the limited options upon completionn
- Du Bois was clear that religion, characterized by the Preacher, the Music, and the Frenzy (p. 191) served to sustain and empower a people. And just as Du Bois acknowledged the Black Church as the social center of Black life, studies suggest that it continues to serve as a vanguard in the Black community due to its dual sacred and secular roles.
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