W. E. B. DuBois

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Whatever you were taught or thought you knew about the post-Civil War era is probably wrong in the light of recent study</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><em><span class="typestyle">Walden</span></em> is here, of course; but so too is Fanny Farmer’s first cookbook.</span></p>

<p>From <em>The Souls of Black Folk</em> to <em>The New Jim Crow</em>, these texts are essential for anyone trying to understand the black experience in America. </p>