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He was born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on February 23, 1868. His parents were Alfred DuBois and Mary Silvina DuBois.
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In 1884 he graduated as valedictorian from high school.
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He got his bachelor of arts from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.
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In 1888, he entered Harvard University as a junior and took a bachelor of arts cum laude in 1890, and was one of six commencement speakers.
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From 1892 to 1894 he pursued graduate studies in history and economics at the University of Berlin on a Slater Fund fellowship.
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He served for 2 years as professor of Greek and Latin at Wilberforce University in Ohio.
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The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899, nonfiction)
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Professor: Sociology, Clark Atlanta University (1899-59)
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The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches (1903, essays)
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In 1905, Du Bois was a founder and general secretary of the Niagara movement, an African American protest group of scholars and professionals.
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, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was founded and of course DuBois was one of the founders.
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In 1950 Du Bois became chairman of the newly created Peace Information Center (PIC), which worked to publicize the Stockholm Peace Appeal in the United States
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