Du Bois, W.E.B.
1868-1963 · Contribution: 1899-1963
Literature & Writing
Essays, history, sociology, and fiction; author of 'The Souls of Black Folk' (1903), 'Black Reconstruction in America' (1935), and 'The Philadelphia Negro' (1899); long-time editor of the NAACP magazine 'The Crisis'
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- Born
- 1868-1963
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- Literature & Writing
Impact on the world
Du Bois gave American thought its enduring vocabulary for race and shaped the intellectual foundations of the civil-rights movement.
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- Britannica
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