Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

Buy The Souls of Black Folk at Amazon Buy The Souls of Black Folk at Amazon
Read The Souls of Black Folk at Project Gutenberg

More information about this quote

Topic

Black experience

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

The Souls of Black Folk

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Black activist Black writer Writer Activist

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk, edited by Brent Hayes Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 1.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by W.E.B. Du Bois about black experience: “Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?”
Download
A quote by W.E.B. Du Bois about black experience: “Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?”
Download
A quote by W.E.B. Du Bois about black experience: “Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1900s

In life, as in a foot-ball game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard!

Theodore Roosevelt

More information about this quote
Topic
Going for it

Author

Theodore Roosevelt
Language
English
Time
1900 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The American Boy." St. Nicholas Magazine, May 1900.