Rushton Journal of Undergraduate Humanities Research
Abstract
This research essay argues that W. E. B. Du Bois’s Crow from his magazine column “As the Crow Flies” is a figurative device for double consciousness and examines how aspects of double consciousness are present in the frequent motifs of dialectic doubleness in the column. Drawing from scholar Rudine Sims Bishop, this essay explores how the Crow functions as a mirror that children can use to realize their own double consciousness and thus see themselves. This insight into Du Bois’s news column provides a further understanding of the significance of accessible, multicultural children’s literature.
Recommended Citation
Navarro, Adeline
(2024)
"Double Consciousness, Mirrors, and the Children Within Them: A Conceptual Reading of W. E. B. Du Bois's "As the Crow Flies","
Rushton Journal of Undergraduate Humanities Research: Vol. 1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/rushton/vol1/iss1/3
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