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 W.E.B. Du Bois was a black sociologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born on February 28th, 1868, five years after the Emancipation Proclamation was debuted(Massachusetts). He was born to Alfred and Mary Sylvina Burghardt Du Bois, and only ever lived with his mother. His father was a vagabond, and in later years, W.E.B. would sympathize with his fleeing(Massachusetts). Shortly after he graduated from Great Barrington High School and the death of his mother, Du Bois attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for sociology. There his intimate study of humans and human nature spun him into a life of activism against racism, bigotry, and domination of fellow Africans and Asians.  Du Bois was a college professor for many years at various colleges like the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, and Wilberforce College in Wilberforce, Ohio. After various education occupations, however, Du Bois’ voice was growing louder in American politics, and eventually led to his involvement in various activist organizations. He was a co-founder and and director of Publicity and Research in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( otherwise known as the NAACP), the director of the Peace Information Center in New York, New York, and co-founder and general secretary of the Niagara movement(Poetry). He was also a large leader in the Pan-African movement, and was even nominated by the Labor Force party for a senate seat in New York in 1950.  Du Bois’ stance on the American annexation of the Philippines is that annexation is a form of dominant imperialism and America has no right to oppress the Filipinos. They’ve already attempted to annex Hawaii and other island states. The only reason America wants to annex the Philippines is for economic gain. We aren’t concerned with the well being of the Filipinos, and that is inhumane and wrong. American annexation of the Philippines is unnecessary and barbaric, and should not be followed through upon.  As seen with the European Arts and Crafts session in Africa, Du Bois sympathizes with the Filipinos as he knows the oppression and anger of white supremacists. Du Bois is against all imperialism for the reason that it is a form of “survival of the fittest” dominance, and does not look at the humane aspect of the people being annexed. Du Bois worked as hard as possible to express and reveal the cultural genius behind these so-called “primitive” civilizations, and wrote various texts on the subjects, especially with the blacks in America. He did his best to reveal to the ignorant imperialists that these “savages” were just as humane and culturally advanced as they were.
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Works Cited "DuBoisweb.org: W. E. B. Du Bois Chronology." //DuBoisweb.org ////.// Berkshire Publishing Group, 2006. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. < __http://www.duboisweb.org/chronology.html>.__ "Famous Sociologists." //SocioSite: Famous Sociologists.// Ed. Dr. Albert Benschop. Sociocite.net, July 1996. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. < __http://www.sociosite.net/topics/sociologists.php>.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"W. E. B. Du Bois: Online Resources." //Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress.// The United States Library of Congress, 9 June 2011. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/dubois/>.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"W. E. B. Du Bois." //The Poetry Foundation//. The Poetry Foundation, 2011. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/w-e-b-du-bois>.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"W.E.B Du Bois: The Activist Life." //University of Massachusetts Amherst.// University of Massachussetts Special Collections and University Archives, 2004. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. <http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/exhibits/dubois/intro.htm>.