A nice edition with 11 illustrations and photographs to accompany the text. His article The Social Evolution of the Black South is also included.The Negro is a book by W. E. B. Du Bois published in 1915. It is a fairly comprehensive overview of African-American history, tracing it as far back as the sub-Saharan cultures, including Great Zimbabwe, Ghana and Songhai, as well as covering the history of the slave trade and the history of Africans in the United States and the Caribbean. The article The Social Evolution of the Black South is also included.