The Quadroon

W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1911), champions humanity beyond race, using lyrical praise of mixed heritage to critique white supremacy and defend democracy.
Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Published

May 1, 1911

Daughter of Twilight,

Mothered of Midnight,

Fathered of Daylight and Dawn;

Shadow of Sunlight,

Shimmering Starlight,

Sister of Forest and Fawn!

Maid of a Morrow,

Mistress of Sorrow,

Mingled of Mourning and Mirth;

Born of World Brotherhood,

Crowned of all Motherhood,

Beauty of Heaven and Earth!

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:
Du Bois, W.E.B. 1911. “The Quadroon.” The Crisis 3 (1): 1. https://www.dareyoufight.org/Volumes/03/01/quadroon.html.