The Life and times of W.E.B. Du Bois / Gerald Horne.

Dr. Gerald Horne provides a brief biographical sketch of noted African-American intellectual and social leader W.E.B. Du Bois. Du Bois studied the African slave trade and the foundation of African-American institutions, schools, and churches. In 1909 he began to examine international affairs, and was a founding member of the pan-African movement. Between World Wars I and II he took advantage of the progressive movement to call for social change, but the Cold War era lead to his being discredited owing to his opposition to McCarthyism and the anti-communist movment. It was not until the 1980's that Du Bois' good works have again become a subject of study within American society.|THE LIFE AND TIMES OF W.E.B. DuBOIS / Gerald Horne. - Dr. Gerald Horne provides a brief biographical sketch of noted African-American intellectual and social leader W.E.B. DuBois. DuBois studied the African slave trade and the foundation of African-American institutions, schools, and churches. In 1909 he began to examine international affairs, and was a founding member of the pan-African movement. Between World Wars I and II he took advantage of the progressive movement to call for social change, but the Cold War era lead to his being discredited owing to his opposition to McCarthyism and the anti-communist movment. It was not until the 1980's that DuBois' good works have again become a subject of study within American society. - RECORDED: KPFK, 1993.