Abbey+M.+-+PA+-+SP10

William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois Anti- Imperialist  Occupation: I earned a scholarship to Frisk, Nashville Tennessee, and spent my time there working as an editor, writer, and orator. Later transferred on another scholarship to Harvard where I earned my bachelor’s degree and started working on my master’s and doctorates. Accepted into foreign exchange program, went for 2 years to study at the University of Berlin in Germany, but ended up receiving my doctorates back at Harvard due to finical issues. After, I began teaching at Wilberforce in Ohio. After two years of that, I accepted a partnership to study at the University of Pennsylvania which was my first chance to work with black sociology. After completing that study, I accepted a position at Atlanta University to teach sociology. For the next 13 years I wrote and studied Black morality and urbanization. Following, I began writing and published journals such as “The Souls of Black Folks” and “The Crisis” which was a famous magazine. As well as many other civil rights books. Acting now as a civil rights activist, I was a frequent attendee of rallies and joined, eventually becoming the head of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Known as -Teacher -Lecturer -Historian -Economist -Sociologist -Novelist -Poet -Propagandist Position on issue: In the very beginning I did support participation in the war, but quickly changed my viewpoints. As an extremely self-determined anti-imperialist, I, along with all the other anti-imperialists thought that if the United States were to try and annex the Philippians they would be unable to uphold the constitution, and that would make it un-constitutional to do so. I think that it is unnecessary to have wars with people of different countries. Especially seeing as the war that we are about to get into, is one that will bring us natural resources, immigration, and land. All of which is something we do not need as a country. Basing my facts on the point that America was run by a democracy, I can argued that the system ensured justice and freedom and that this applies to all persons involved. Also, it seems to be hypocritical that America would try to spread our values over a land so far away when segregation isn’t even taken care of in our own homeland. Because of my strong view-points, I also feel that the congress needs consent of the people because the government was based off of the people. Going against me and others who think like me would look to be unconstitutional. Firmly set in my anti-imperialist ways, I am whole-heartedly against any unnecessary violence, and see no gain as a whole by the annexation of the Philippians.  List of Reasons for interest in topic: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Anti-Imperialist <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Civil rights activist <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Interested in the sociology of African Americans <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Studied the sociology/was a socialist <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Was afraid of losing the control of power (the constitution) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Against any war or unnecessary violence with people of other cultures <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Spent many years of my life researching drawing conclusions that lead to my opposition of the annexation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Expressed my views through writing, books, journals, magazines which I did for years. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">I also think that the country needs to be worked on internally as whole before you can begin to work on external issues <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">I feel as if we would be contradicting ourselves if we tried to annex the Philippians. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Works Cited <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Buzzanco, Robert. ""Anti-Imperialism"" //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Department of History | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences //. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. <[]>. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Moore, Jaqueline (2003). //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">M. Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Struggle for Racial Uplift //. MArch 29, 2010. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources.

W.E.B. DuBois, March 29, 2010. [] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ridener, Larry R. "DuBois, W. E. B." //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Www.bolender.com //. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. <[]__e__b_.htm>.