W.E.B. Du Bois
Alton B. Pollard III and Karen Wright Marsh discuss the story and complex thought of W.E.B Dubois, that towering figure in American social, political and intellectual life.
In 1903, W.E.B. Dubois famously said, "The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color-line.” Through his long life, Dubois focused his powers of intellect and influence to counter white supremacy and claim the promises of democracy. His spirit of fierce integrity is needed now more than ever.
Reverend Dr. Alton B Pollard III is a national author, speaker, ordained minister and the president of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. As a scholar of African American and U.S. religion and culture, he has written on mysticism and social change, the social witness of Howard Thurman, and a new edition of WEB DuBois’s The Negro Church. Pollard was previously dean of the School of Divinity and professor of Religion and Culture at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
To learn more from W.E.B. Dubois, Karen recommends:
The Negro Church by W.E.B. Dubois, with a new introduction by Alton B. Pollard III
Prayers for Dark People by W.E.B. Du Bois and Herbert Aptheker
“Credo” a 1904 prose poem by W.E.B. Dubois
https://englewoodreview.org/w-e-b-dubois-credo-prose-poem/
“An Appeal to the World : A Statement of Denial of Human Rights to Minorities in the Case of citizens of Negro Descent in the United States of America and an Appeal to the United Nations for Redress,” a 1947 speech by W.E.B. Dubois
And from Alton B. Pollard III
Mysticism and Social Change: The Social Witness of Howard Thurman
A new edition of W.E.B. DuBois’s The Negro Church: With an Introduction by Alton B. Pollard III
Video of “Life in the Valley of the Shadow of Death,” his Howard Thurman Lecture at Emory University https://vimeo.com/144547507
“From civil rights to hip hop” in Faith and Leadership, faithandleadership.com/alton-b-pollard-iii-civil-rights-hip-hop
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