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"The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War," in conversation with Carol Anderson

  • Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum 441 John Lewis Freedom Parkway Northeast Atlanta, GA, 30307 United States (map)

The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I—and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writers.

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and A Cappella Books welcome award-winning author and Brandeis University Professor of History and African and African American Studies Chad L. Williams for a discussion of his new book, “The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War.” Williams will appear in conversation with Carol Anderson, Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of the National Book Award-nominated “One Person, No Vote.”

This event is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the venue. Masks are optional.