Behind the Veil: Revolution vs Assimilation

In The Soul’s of Black Folk, by W.E.B Du Bois, the concept of a “veil” is prominently depicted throughout the literary piece. Du Bois introduces the image of a “veil” between the black man’s world, where identity is made for him, and the white world, where there are more opportunities and possibilities. In chapter four, he recounts…

Political Cartoon Imagery and Satire in The Souls of Black Folk by DuBois

On the bottom of p.15 of The Souls of Black Folk, DuBois makes reference to “the long-headed man with care-chiselled [sic] face who sat in the White House.” Here, DuBois avoids referencing President Lincoln by name (which he only does three times throughout the entirety of the text), but instead uses Lincoln’s unique physical characteristics…

“A Mother-Like Form,” Not a Mother

“A form hovering dark and mother-like, her awful face black with the mists of centuries, had aforetime quailed at that white master’s command, had bent in love over the cradles of his sons and daughters, and closed in death the sunken eyes of his wife – aye, too, at his behest had laid herself low…