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National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: W. E. B. Du Bois, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter in which W. E. B. Du Bois examines the state of African Americans between 1861 and 1872. He reviews the period from 1861 to 1872 as the "dawn of freedom," focusing on the Freedmen's Bureau, its promise, achievements, and doom.