ABSTRACT
This chapter explores William Edward Burghardt DuBois contributions to the discourse and development of the Africana tradition of critical theory. It examines the socio-theoretical and political linkages he made between various anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-colonial, and anti-capitalist thought-traditions and movements. The chapter argues most of the members of the Frankfurt School tradition of critical theory. Du Bois did not downplay gender domination and discrimination. The chapter explores "Du Bois and the Mythic Idealization of Black Womanhood and Black Motherhood," acutely explores Du Bois's (re)presentation and (re)positioning of black women and black mothers. It describes "The Black Women's Club Movement, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and the Roots of Du Bois's Anti-Sexist Radicalism," The chapter discusses "Du Bois and 'The Damnation of Women/Critical Social Theory and the Souls of Black Female Folk," focuses on Du Bois's classic male anti-sexist manifesto, "The Damnation of Women."
