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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Gr 7-Up The author covers her subject's life, which spanned 95 years, from Reconstruction to the modern Civil Rights Movement. Bolden includes Du Bois's childhood in Massachusetts, where he faced little racial discrimination, and his years at Fisk University, Harvard, and the University of Berlin. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
With punchy, colorful prose and a colloquial tone, Bolden brings readers face to face with "this titanic talent in a small body, this David challenging Goliaths, this dreamer and realist and sometimes elitist, this man of intellect and soul." W. E. B. Du Bois lived a long (ninety-five years) and productive life—writing thousands of articles and dozens of books (including The Souls of Black Folk), teaching at a handful of universities, launching multiple magazines (Cr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
With punchy, colorful prose and a colloquial tone, Bolden brings readers face to face with "this man of intellect and soul." The tex...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
