Marcus Cole
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
Wilbert
Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington,
Massachusetts. He received a B.A from Fisk University and spent some time
teaching in Nashville. In 1895 he received his doctorate from Harvard
University. He was the first black male to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. Dubois
was also the first to do a case study on the African American community, with
the publication of “The Philadelphia Negro”. He had hoped that the art of
social science could lead to the end of segregation but realized that the only
way to eliminate the problem was to attack it head on.
His newfound
beliefs challenged those of Booker T. Washington’s. Dubois' book “The Souls of
Black Folk” separated black leaders into two categories: conservative and
radicals. Dubois also launched a civil rights organization called the Niagara
Movement which helped lead to the creation of the NAACP, where Dubois became
the director of research and the magazine designer. Dubois strongly believed in
education of African Americans to develop strong-minded leaders. Dubois'
teachings, writing ability, and passion lead him to become a powerful civil
rights activist and one of the most influential black males of his time.
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