ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the intersection of race, class, and gender as addressed in the work of William Edward Burghardt DuBois, a black sociologist whose career spanned the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s. It reviews that part of Du Bois's writings which considers the issues of race, class, and gender. The chapter discusses how Du Bois's perspective can be viewed as a reflection of his own social location. Du Bois's interest in how race and class operate together is evident throughout his writings. He frequently considered the plight of black workers in relationship to labor unions and socialist and communist principles. Du Bois recognized that he had failed to see the connection between economics and politics until long after he completed college and the first phase of his teaching career. The issue of women's suffrage is the place where Du Bois's attention to women's lives is most obvious.
