Throughout years of American civilization there has been numerous sociologist that broke into society and started practicing their own individual theories on the world. The one sociologist that has always stood out from the rest was William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, one of the most popular renowned sociologist, race scholar and activist there is. William was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on February 23, 1868. Mr. Dubois died when he was 95 years old but before his death he has made various of acknowledgments and advancements by authorizing numerous books that are still highly relevant in today’s society and social issues regarding race and racism. Du Bois is also one of the founders of the discipline with Max Weber, Harriet Martineau, Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx. Du Bois is such a landmark sociologist to the African American community because he was the first Black man to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, also he was one of the founders of NAACP which is the National
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Du Bois published another widely known popular book named The Souls of Black Folk which was based on his own experiences of growing up black in a white nation to illustrate psychosocial effects of racism in the world. With the book being published it birthed the two concepts that have become very relevant in race and sociology theory: “the veil,” and “double-consciousness.” This metaphor of the veil Du Bois wanted to use it to describe how African Americans see the world differently from whites. The veil can be portrayed as dark skin which in that time of society marks black people different than the whites. The full book addressed the needs for reform against racism. In 1935 Du Bois published another book named Black Reconstructive in America. During this time, they were dividing workers by their race, and was fueling racism to thrive in America. This book addresses the struggle of new freed slaves and the roles they played in reconstructing the post-war
Du Bois published another widely known popular book named The Souls of Black Folk which was based on his own experiences of growing up black in a white nation to illustrate psychosocial effects of racism in the world. With the book being published it birthed the two concepts that have become very relevant in race and sociology theory: “the veil,” and “double-consciousness.” This metaphor of the veil Du Bois wanted to use it to describe how African Americans see the world differently from whites. The veil can be portrayed as dark skin which in that time of society marks black people different than the whites. The full book addressed the needs for reform against racism. In 1935 Du Bois published another book named Black Reconstructive in America. During this time, they were dividing workers by their race, and was fueling racism to thrive in America. This book addresses the struggle of new freed slaves and the roles they played in reconstructing the post-war