I enjoyed this even more than I thought I would. Interesting how aspects of Civil War history that I have added or emphasized since 2000 in my high school history classes were right there in 1903 in Du Bois, especially: enslaved people emancipating themselves during the Civil War and the significance of Reconstruction. This shows both DuBois's brilliance and how the African American perspective on US history is still gaining currency. Besides these, and many other insights into the African American experience of the early 20th Century, I loved the lively and energetic prose.

Justly a classic.