“To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.” – The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B DuBois. W.E.B. DuBois was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was born a free African American meaning, unlike Booker T. Washington, he was not bound to experience slavery. He excelled as a student in school, and graduated from Fisk and Harvard University, being the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard. DuBois later became an influential civil rights activist, sociologist, and author. He also founded the NAACP in 1909 with Ida Wells. W.E.B. DuBois made great contributions to the movement of civil, educational, and equitable rights for African Americans. It is still up for debate on who has
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First and foremost, W.E.B. DuBois is actively involved in the battle against segregation and discrimination. Specifically, W.E.B. DuBois utilizes the court system to fight Jim Crow laws and makes active and public notice of segregation and the discrimination along with it. For instance, DuBois campaigned through the NAACP and wrote numerous books such as, The Souls of Black Folk, The Talented Tenth, Black Reconstruction, and countless other books following his philosophy and the condition of African Americans living in America. He also encouraged African-Americans to speak out against discrimination and take political action to abolish Jim Crow. According to DuBois, “Political and social equality must come first before blacks can hope to have their fair share of the economic pie.” (e. W.E.B DuBois, U.S History.org). Evidently, DuBois shows with this statement that African Americans must directly fight on behalf of equality before they’re able to achieve their share in
First and foremost, W.E.B. DuBois is actively involved in the battle against segregation and discrimination. Specifically, W.E.B. DuBois utilizes the court system to fight Jim Crow laws and makes active and public notice of segregation and the discrimination along with it. For instance, DuBois campaigned through the NAACP and wrote numerous books such as, The Souls of Black Folk, The Talented Tenth, Black Reconstruction, and countless other books following his philosophy and the condition of African Americans living in America. He also encouraged African-Americans to speak out against discrimination and take political action to abolish Jim Crow. According to DuBois, “Political and social equality must come first before blacks can hope to have their fair share of the economic pie.” (e. W.E.B DuBois, U.S History.org). Evidently, DuBois shows with this statement that African Americans must directly fight on behalf of equality before they’re able to achieve their share in