The Negro — W.E.B. Du Bois

Classic work by the civil rights activist and leader, sociologist, educator, historian, prolific writer, editor, poet, scholar, and socialist. The Negro is an overview of African-American history, tracing it as far back as the sub-Saharan cultures, including Zimbabwe, Ghana and Songhai, as well as covering the history of the slave trade and the history of Africans in the United States and the Caribbean.