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William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois Anti- Imperialist

__Occupation-__ W.E.B. Dubois earned a scholarship and graduated from Harvard (the first African- American to do so) with a PhD in History. He earned a living from teaching history and economics at Atlanta University. He also had many other occupations. Some he is most famous for include: DuBois joined and eventually became head of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1910. He also was a famous writer who wrote "The Crisis", which was a journal and hundreds of civil rights books. He conducted research and wrote books on the treatment of African- Americans. He died on August 27, 1963, the anniversary of the civil rights march in Washington.
 * academic
 * scholar
 * civil rights activist
 * journalist
 * writer
 * editor
 * sociologist
 * historian

__Position on Annexation-__ Although intially, Dubois supported the U.S. participating in the war, he he changed his viewpoints after realizing he was caught up in emotion and passion of war. Dubois was an Anti-Imperialist who was against wars over inessential territory or fights with people of a different language or culture. "The United States joined the race for empire once they declared war with Spain." As a result of entering war with Spain, the anti-imperialists spoke out. Dubois and the anti-imperialists believed that the United States would struggle to uphold the Declaration of Independence if they gained too much power. Anti-imperialists supported the fact that America was built on a self governing system, this system ensured justice and freedom. W.E.B. Dubois opposed the occupation of the Philippines during the Spanish-American war. He took his stand in the late 19th century and the early 20th century in disagreement to the United States taking over the Philippines. He along with many other anti-imperialists argued that the annexation of the Philippines violated the constitution and the fact that Congress nedded consent of the governed. Dubois had integrity and self-determination. He also was strongly against imperialism on moral,economic, and political standards. In conclusion, W.E.B. Dubois is 100% without a doubt against the annexation of the Phillapines. He felt that we should leave them to be. DuBois, along with many other anti-imperialists was against unessary violence with countries that didn't border another or even have the same language or culture.

__List of Reasons for Interest in Topic-__ DuBois was interested and involved in the debate over annexing the Phillipines because:
 * was a strong beliver in civil rights
 * was Anti-Imperialist
 * was against war with people of other cultures
 * was against unessisary violence
 * didn't want war between non-bordering lands
 * interested in African American rights
 * feared loosing the U.S. Constitutional limitations of power to government
 * socialist
 * later became communist
 * studied religions and drew conclusions about annexation
 * valued social truths
 * relationship with Booker T. Washington

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Lewis, Gregory. "Black History." Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. .

Moore, Jaqueline (2003). //M. Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Struggle for Racial Uplift//. MArch 29, 2010. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources.

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