Du Bois encountered Marx and Lenin too late for deep impact.

Evidence

Aptheker seemed to believe that Du Bois came too late to the works of Marx and Lenin for them to have had a profound impact on his conception of history. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2193

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Du Bois confronted Marx unmediated by Leninist doctrine, forging Black radical theory — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 977; Du Bois engaged Marx directly, unmediated by Leninist orthodoxy
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Du Bois confronted Marx unmediated by Leninist doctrine, forging Black radical theory — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 977; Du Bois engaged Marx directly, unmediated by Leninist orthodoxy