Du Bois was the primary organizer of The Exhibit of American Negroes at the Exposition Universelle held in Paris between April and November 1900, for which he put together a series of 363 photographs aiming to commemorate the lives of African Americans at the turn of the century and challenge the racist caricatures and stereotypes of the day.

2024年12月21日 · W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist. He was the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. His collection of essays The Souls of Black Folk (1903) is a landmark of African American literature.

2009年10月27日 · W.E.B. Du Bois, or William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, was an African American writer, teacher, sociologist and activist whose work transformed the way that the lives of Black citizens were...

2014年4月3日 · W.E.B. Du Bois was an influential African American rights activist during the early 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.'

2017年9月13日 · Placing the conceptual opposition between white and dark (or non-white) worlds at the center of his analysis, Du Bois especially emphasizes the role whiteness plays in legitimizing the “domination of white Europe over black Africa and yellow Asia” (Du Bois, 1940, 48; see, also, Du Bois, 1940, 85–87; and Olson 26, 155, fn.60).

Du Bois served as editor of The Crisis until 1934, when he resigned following a rift with NAACP leadership over his controversial stance on segregation. He viewed the "separate but equal" status as an acceptable position for Blacks.

2020年10月18日 · W.E.B. Du Bois was a historian, sociologist, writer, educator, and sociopolitical activist. Learn more about his work to uplift African Americans. Skip to content

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois stands at the summit of African and African American history and culture. He was born in Massachusetts in 1868, the year the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. was ratified conferring citizenship on African Americans.

2024年5月26日 · W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the towering intellectuals of the 20th century and among the most influential African American thinkers ever. A pioneering sociologist, historian, writer and civil rights activist, Du Bois dedicated his prodigious talents to …

2024年8月27日 · W.E.B. Du Bois, who died on this date (August 27) in 1963, was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and intellectual whose work and legacy continue to influence discussions on race, justice, and equality.