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W.E.B Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois was a pioneering sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. Du Bois co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and was a prominent leader of the Niagara Movement, advocating for equal rights. His seminal works, such as “The Souls of Black Folk,” highlighted African Americans’ sense of dual identity and the concept of the “Talented Tenth.” Du Bois was also a proponent of Pan-Africanism and socialism, spending his final years in Ghana.
W.E.B. Du Bois was a pioneering sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. Du Bois co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and was a prominent leader of the Niagara Movement, advocating for equal rights. His seminal works, such as “The Souls of Black Folk,” highlighted African Americans’ sense of dual identity and the concept of the “Talented Tenth.” Du Bois was also a proponent of Pan-Africanism and socialism, spending his final years in Ghana.
W.E.B Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois was a pioneering sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. Du Bois co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and was a prominent leader of the Niagara Movement, advocating for equal rights. His seminal works, such as “The Souls of Black Folk,” highlighted African Americans’ sense of dual identity and the concept of the “Talented Tenth.” Du Bois was also a proponent of Pan-Africanism and socialism, spending his final years in Ghana.