pbWhen two young people are given a lifechanging opportunity they encounter moral and systemic challenges that are directly tied to their racial and economic backgrounds.b In iThe Quest of the Silver Fleecei W.E.B. Du Bois confronts covert discrimination in contemporary America.p pCotton also known as silver fleece is still a prized possession in the earlytwentieth century. It continues to generate massive profits that are barely distributed amongst its predominantly Black workforce. Zora is a child of the South and Bles is a man with Northern sensibilitiesyet they both feel the weight of oppression. Set in Alabama and Washington D.C. iThe Quest of the Silver Fleecei examines the struggle for upward mobility and the compromises to sustain it.p p As a sociologist Du Bois explores the ongoing effects of racial inequality in both the North and South. With iThe Quest of the Silver Fleecei he highlights the glaring disparity between the white establishment and African American labor. Its an explicit indictment of continued oppression in a postslavery society.p pWith an eyecatching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of iThe Quest of the Silver Fleecei is both modern and readable.p