Kieta said that Du Bois argued that "within the framework of a conscience striving for the ideals of life ... one had to, in fact, conscientiously embrace the finer principles of race."
Kieta said that within the shared history of these ideals "is in fact a shared interpretation of historical value. The deliberate and conscious embrace of these notions meant that history could, in fact, be equated with consciousness. And consciousness, of course, becomes race."
Dr. Elijah Anderson, professor of social science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the introduction to the new edition of "The Philadelphia Negro," said Du Bois is "arguably a founding father of American sociology."
The reissuing of this book "will help to set the record straight [and] encourage scholars and students to review his works and pay attention to the issues that he raised," said Anderson.
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