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W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
For other people with similar names, see William DuBois.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (doo-BOYSS;[1][2] February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanistcivil rights activist.
Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and Harvard University, where he was its first African American to earn a doctorate, Du Bois rose to national prominence as a leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of black civil rights activists seeking equal rights.
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Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta Compromise. Instead, Du Bois insisted on full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite.
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