W.E.B. Du Bois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced /duːˈbɔɪs/ doo-BOYSS) (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian, author, and editor. At the age of 95, in 1963, he became a naturalized citizen of Ghana. Historian David Levering Lewis wrote, "In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-cent... more

Date of birth:

  • Feb 23, 1868

Date of death:

  • Aug 27, 1963 (age 95 years)

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  • W.E.B. DuBois
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