![]() Washington which provided that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic educational and economic opportunities. DuBois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta compromise, an agreement crafted by Booker T. DuBois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.īefore that, DuBois had risen to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of African-American activists that wanted equal rights for blacks. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, DuBois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community, and 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. William Edward Burghardt DuBois (Febru– August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. DuBois’s best known books: The Souls of Black Folk ![]() ![]() This week’s FREE ebook download is one of W.E.B. DuBois …Įvery week, we provide a FREE ebook every week to our readers, and especially those on our daily email list.įREE EBOOK is to be on our Daily Email List ![]() This week marks the anniversary of the death of noted sociologist, W.E.B. ![]()
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