W. E. B. Du Bois · Politics
Across nearly a century of life, Du Bois moved from faith in American reform toward radical disillusion, becoming the father of Pan-Africanism and dying, at ninety-five, a citizen of newly independent Ghana.
You learned that Du Bois’s thought grew more radical across his very long life, culminating in Pan-Africanism and self-exile to Ghana. In your own words, explain what Pan-Africanism is and why Du Bois came to believe American reform alone could never free Black people.
Leads to Mahatma Gandhi.
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