W.E.B. DuBois
Few men have influenced the lives of African-Americans as much as William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois is considered more of a history-maker than a historian(Aptheker, "The Historian"). Dr. Du Bois conducted the initial research on the black experience in the United States. Civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. have referred to Du Bois as a father of the Civil Rights Movement. Du Bois conducted the initial research on the black experience in the United States, and paved the way for the Pan-African and Black Power movements. This paper will describe his life, work, influence in the black community, and much publicized civil dispute with another black leader, Booker T. Washington. Du Bois was born in the western Massachusetts town of Great Barrington. His family roots were French Huguenot on his father's side and Dutch and African on his mother's side. His father, Alfred Du Bois, left his family when W.E.B. was a young boy. W.E.B. lived with his mother Sylvina until her death in 1884. This same year, Du Bois graduated from high school as the valedictorian and only black in his graduating class of twelve. He was awarded a scholarship to attend Fisk University in
Both men also had their differences in their views of education. 1701) Black Reconstruction is a Marxist interpretation of the post Civil War era in the South. (Turner, The Harlem Renaissance Reexamined) Du Bois had a unique influence on the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His most widely acclaimed work, The Souls of Black Folk (1903) was published during his time in Atlanta. He believed equality would come naturally if Blacks proved themselves to be intelligent and hardworking.
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