The Souls of Black Folk: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Souls of Black Folk, credited to W.E.B. Du Bois, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois read and performed by toriasuncle. The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the first works to deal with sociology. (Summary from Wikipedia.org) For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Souls of Black Folk
• Author credits: W.E.B. Du Bois
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 7:59:07

Catalogue topics

• african-american
• history
• sociology

Track guide

1. 01 - The Forethought & Chapter 1 - Of Our Spiritual Strivings — 25:57
2. 02 - Chapter 2 - Of the Dawn of Freedom, part 1 — 24:51
3. 03 - Chapter 2 - Of the Dawn of Freedom, part 2 — 23:21
4. 04 - Chapter 3 - Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others — 33:24
5. 05 - Chapter 4 - Of the Meaning of Progress — 25:39
6. 06 - Chapter 5 - Of the Wings of Atalanta — 23:19
7. 07 - Chapter 6 - Of the Training of Black Men — 36:24
8. 08 - Chapter 7 - Of the Black Belt, part 1 — 26:49
9. 09 - Chapter 7 - Of the Black Belt, part 2 — 18:42
10. 10 - Chapter 8 - Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece, part 1 — 26:35
11. 11 - Chapter 8 - Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece, part 2 — 26:31
12. 12 - Chapter 9 - Of the Sons of Master and Man, part 1 — 24:34
13. 13 - Chapter 9 - Of the Sons of Master and Man, part 2 — 19:41
14. 14 - Chapter 10 - Of the Faith of the Fathers — 35:27
15. 15 - Chapter 11 - Of the Passing of the First-Born — 18:15
16. 16 - Chapter 12 - Of Alexander Crummell — 25:37
17. 17 - Chapter 13 - Of the Coming of John — 37:54
18. 18 - Chapter 14 - Of the Sorrow Songs & Afterthought — 26:22

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