Portrait of William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois seated in his office in front of a bookcase. W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. (Wikipedia) Photo caption: William E. B. Du Bois (b. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, February 23, 1868; D. August 27, 1963) founder of the Niagara Movement (forerunner of the NAACP) one of founders of National Association for Advancement of Colored People. Sociologist, scholar, author and protagonist of Booker T. Washington with celebrated theory of "talented tenth". Founder and Editor of Crisis Magazine and Phylon.
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African American authors African American civil rights workers African American sociologists Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
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