Black Reconstruction in America

Published in 1935, this seminal essay from WEB DuBois chronicles the history of the Reconstruction era. This text is the first full-length work dedicated to the  role of Black Americans during this crucial period following the Civil War. Sharp and incisive in its prose, Black Reconstruction in America gave agency and a missed perspective, while pushing back against the prevailing racist tropes surrounding this time. 

See "The Black Worker," "The White Worker," and "The Planter."