Williams Edward Burghardt DuBois By Domynique Feb 23, 1868 Birth of W.E.B. DuBois Mar 16, 1896 The Philadelphia Negro W.E.B. DuBois revealed "the negrto group as a symptom, not a cause; as a striving, palpaitating group, and not an inert, sick body of crime; as a long historic development and not a transient occurrence" Jan 1, 1903 The Souls of Black Folks Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Mar 5, 2012 WEB DuBois Mar 27, 1963 Death of W.E.B. DuBois