title: Darkwater (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois): Voices from Within the Veil
author:  W. E. B. Du Bois 
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  # Darkwater
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### W. E. B. Du Bois
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  POSTSCRIPT
  
  
  Credo
  
  
  I. THE SHADOW OF YEARS
  
  
  A Litany at Atlanta
  
  
  II. THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK
  
  
  The Riddle of the Sphinx
  
  
  III. THE HANDS OF ETHIOPIA
  
  
  The Princess of the Hither Isles
  
  
  IV. OF WORK AND WEALTH
  
  
  The Second Coming
  
  
  V. “THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE”
  
  
  Jesus Christ in Texas
  
  
  VI. OF THE RULING OF MEN
  
  
  The Call
  
  
  VII. THE DAMNATION OF WOMEN
  
  
  Children of the Moon
  
  
  VIII. THE IMMORTAL CHILD
  
  
  Almighty Death[1]
  
  
  IX. OF BEAUTY AND DEATH
  
  
  The Prayers of God
  
  
  X. THE COMET
  
  
  A Hymn to the Peoples
  
  
  
  
  
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  Voices From Within The Veil
  
  
  
  
      
  
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  DARKWATER
  
  
  Voices from within the Veil
  
  
  W.E.B. DU BOIS
  
  
  
  
  
  Originally published in 1920 by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New
  
  
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  AD NINAM
  
  
  May 