Summary Of The Souls Of Black Folk By W. E. B. Dubois

In the Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B DuBois’ most prominent work introduces and addresses two concepts that can be described as the black experience in America. The two concepts are “the veil” and “double-consciousness.” Through DuBois use of these terms it describes the undercurrent of African-American emotions they could not express. The terms accurately describe the dilemma of being Black and American in the past. Many literary works have included the concept of “the veil” and “double-consciousness”. The metaphor double consciousness is displayed in the first chapter of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, called “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.” In this chapter, Du Bois describes how the descendants of Africans feel no self-consciousness, but they