An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept

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"An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept" is the subtitle of W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1940 work *Dusk of Dawn*, in which he reflects on his life and the evolving idea of race in American and global history.

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instanceOf book subtitle
literary work component
associatedPerson W. E. B. Du Bois NERFINISHED
associatedWork The Souls of Black Folk NERFINISHED
author W. E. B. Du Bois NERFINISHED
clarifies Du Bois’s understanding of race over time
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes Du Bois’s intellectual development
changing racial ideologies in the United States
international dimensions of race
fieldOfWork African American studies
history
sociology
focusesOn American history
Du Bois’s life
evolution of the idea of race
global history
genre African American literature
autobiographical writing
sociological reflection
hasAuthorialPerspective first-person narrative
hasTitlePhrase Autobiography of a Race Concept NERFINISHED
influenced autobiographical approaches in sociology
later studies of race as a social construct
language English
mainSubject African Americans NERFINISHED
autobiography
history of race concepts
race
racism in the United States
partOf Dusk of Dawn NERFINISHED
publicationContext early 20th-century United States racial segregation
publicationYear 1940
reflects Du Bois’s academic career
Du Bois’s experiences with racism
Du Bois’s political activism
relatedMovement Pan-Africanism NERFINISHED
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
subtitleOf Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept NERFINISHED
usedAs subtitle in scholarly citations

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Dusk of Dawn subtitle An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept