When two young people are given a life-changing opportunity they
encounter moral and systemic challenges that are directly tied to
their racial and economic backgrounds. In The Quest of the Silver
Fleece, W.E.B. Du Bois confronts covert discrimination in
contemporary America. Cotton, also known as "silver fleece," is
still a prized possession in the early-twentieth century. It
continues to generate massive profits that are barely distributed
amongst its predominantly Black workforce. Zora is a child of the
South, and Bles, is a man with Northern sensibilities-yet, they
both feel the weight of oppression. Set in Alabama and Washington
D.C., The Quest of the Silver Fleece examines the struggle for
upward mobility and the compromises to sustain it. As a
sociologist, Du Bois explores the ongoing effects of racial
inequality in both the North and South. With The Quest of the
Silver Fleece, he highlights the glaring disparity between the
white establishment and African American labor. It's an explicit
indictment of continued oppression in a post-slavery society. With
an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of The Quest of the Silver Fleece is both modern and
readable.
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