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W.E.B. Du Bois

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  • Born

    Born
    W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His mother was Mary Silvina Du Bois. His father was Alfred Du Bois.

  • Harvard

    Harvard
    From 1892 to 1895 W.E.B. Du Bois went to Harvard. Where he became the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University. His dissertation, "The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870". Was published as the number one in the Harvard Historical Series.

  • The Philadelphia Negro

    The Philadelphia Negro
    In 1896, Du Bois accepted a research job at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He went to African-American neighborhoods conducting personal interviews. This would lead his published work “The Philadelphia Negro”. The work was was the first scientific statistically-based social science study in the U.S.

  • The Souls of Black Folk

    The Souls of Black Folk
    Written by W.E.B Du Bois "The Souls of Black Folk" was published in 1903. It is a collection of 14 essays.The Souls of Black Folk became the foundation text for the civil rights movements. It is considered a piece of classic American literature.

  • Niagara Movement

    Niagara Movement
    He co-founded and led Niagara Movement. Which called for universal male suffrage, civil rights, and leadership. The Niagara movement helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909

  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, and Moorfield Storey.The NAACP became the leading African-American civil rights organization of the 20th century and remains active to this day. He would be their editor for 24 years after that he would be on and off the organization​.

  • Resigned

    Resigned
    In 1934 Du Bois resigned from the NAACP board and from the Crisis because of his new advocacy of an African American nationalist strategy. Which were controlling institutions, schools, and economic cooperatives? This approach opposed this opposed W.E.B DuBois view on integration​.

  • Black Reconstruction

    Black Reconstruction
    W.E.B Du Bois work the Black Reconstruction in America was published in 1935. While the Black Reconstruction was ignored by historians, it became popular in the 1960s. And helped influence the civil right movement. By 21st century it was considered the definitive text on the role of African Americans in Reconstruction.

  • Council of African Affairs

    Council of African Affairs
    In 1950, DuBois became the Chairman of the Council of African Affairs. This would cause him to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate for the New York Progressive Party.

  • Death

    Death
    At the age of 95. W.E.B. Du Bois died on August 27, 1963. In Accra, Ghana. The day before Martin Luther King Jr gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.