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date: 12 February 2025

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardtlocked

(1868–1963)

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardtlocked

(1868–1963)
  • Wilma Peebles-WilkinsWilma Peebles-WilkinsBoston University, Emerita

Summary

W. E. B. Du Bois (1882–1973) was a Black scholar, writer, and militant civil rights activist. He actively fought against discrimination in all aspects of American life. He founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909 and edited The Crisis, the organizational magazine he founded in 1910.

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