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=William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois=

(February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963)


W.E.B. DuBois graduated from Fisk University in 1888. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Harvard in 1890. He became the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard.

DuBois later became a teacher at the Wilberforce University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Atlanta University. He went on to become the author of 22 books.

DuBois was known for his ideas about criminology. He believed that: 1. Blacks committed crime because of their strains, 2. Black crime would cease as blacks became equal to whites (stratification), and 3. The "Talented Tenth" (1/10 of all blacks that would become leaders of the race) would stop the race's criminal problems.

DuBois went on to found the Niagra Movement in 1905. In 1910, he became one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He worked on //The Crisis,// a publication used to freely express ideas from the black perspective.

While DuBois wasn't the only black activist, his ideas were unique. He challenged the teachings of fellow activist Booker T. Washington, believing that Washington's plan wouldn't get the black community what they deserved. Rather than simply trying to fit in with whites, DuBois believed that whites shuld be challenged for complete equality, and nothing less.

In his later years, Du Bois decided to leave America and move to the African country of Ghana. On August 27,1963, Du Bois died in Accra, Ghana at the age of 95.


 * DuBois, W.E.B. "The Brownie's Book." //Library of Congress.// 


 * DuBois, W.E.B. "The Philadelphia Negro." 

Hynes, Gerald C. "A Biographical Sketch of W.E.B. DuBois." 

"W.E.B. DuBois " //NAACP.// .