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“As a lover of history, I was drawn to W.E.B. Du Bois’s award-winning biography," Vance said in a statement released Wednesday by Simon & Schuster Audio. "Having the chance to reintroduce his legacy to audiophiles by narrating his life story has been an honor and true passion project for me.�

Lewis received Pulitzer Prizes for each of his Du Bois books: “W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919,� published in 1993, and “W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919–1963,� which came out in 2000. The historian said in a statement that he was gratified to have his books available in audio.

“I can hardly believe this has come to pass,� he said. “Listen to Courtney B. Vance and you shall hear the spoken wisdom of an American colossus, a prophetic man of color in whose 95 years all intellectual, political, economic, and racial choices were profoundly explored.�