W. E. B Du Bois By CHEEESE2010 Period: 1868 to 1895 Early Life Feb 23, 1868 Born Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1888 Earns his first degree. 1895 Earn his first PH.D from Harvard University. 1897 Accepts teaching position at Atlanta University 1906 Help found the Niagara Movement with William Monroe Trotter. 1909 Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1961 Moves to Ghana Aug 27, 1963 Dies