Lewis's two-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning (for both this and the previous volume) life of W.E.B. Du Bois is the definitive biography of the man. This volume is sub-titled THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY: 1919-1963. The book recounts his civil right work in the '20s, his departure from and return to the NAACP and his embrace of socialism in his later years. 715 pages, including an extensive index, plus a 16-page photo section. Only minor signs of wear on the book and jacket. Lewis has flat-signed the title page, making this an uncommon, desirable copy for the collector.