Introduction: Du Bois and Africana critical theory -- Du Bois's concepts of race, critiques of racism, and contributions to critical white studies and critical race theory -- Du Bois and the politics and problematics of postcolonialism -- Du Bois's critique of capitalism, critical Marxism, and discourse on democratic socialism -- Du Bois and "The damnation of women" : critical social theory and the souls of Black female folk -- Conclusion: Du Bois, the problems of the twenty-first century, and the reconstruction of critical social theory.