Williams Edward Burghardt Dubois, an outstanding writer, educator andcivil right activist, is considered one of the most influential andimportant civil rights figures of the twentieth century. WilliamsEdward Burghardt Dubois, born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington,Massachusetts. He got his first bachelor's degree at Fisk Universityand second from Harvard University. He also was the first AfricanAmerican to receive a Ph. D. from Harvard in 1896.
Dubois was one of the founder of the National Association for theAdvancement of Colored People in 1909 which known as NAACP-the largestand oldest civil rights organization in America. He served as directorof publication of NAACP and an editor of The Crisis magazine until 1934.As editors, he was able to expand his voice and encouraged many blackfemales writers, artists, poets and novelists, featuring their works inThe Crisis. He was one of the civil rights leaders who recognize theproblems of gender discrimination. Some of his works are: TheSuppression of the Slave Trade, 1896; John Brown, 1909; Darkwater, 1920;Color and Democracy, 1945; The World and Africa, 1947; and In Battle forPeace, 1952.
He receipted the World Peace Council Price in 1952 and the Soviet LeninPeace in 1959 for his outspoken advocate about civil rights. Hesupported equal rights for everyone regardless of race then he becomeinterested in Communism. Because of his disillusion with the UnitedStates, he moved to Ghana and became as a member of Communist party in1961. He renounced his American citizenship a year later. In Ghana heserved as director of the Encyclopedia Africana before pass away onAugust 27, 1963.
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Hey Jin,
I enjoyed reading your article. I found it interesting in an article that I read, that Dubois and Garvey (who I wrote about) were rivals. Dubois did not like the fact that Garvey actually agreed with some of the beliefs of certain organizations like the KKK. It is not that he was for the lynching of African Americans, but he did believe like the KKK, that African Americans should return to Africa. Garvey was not a racist, he just believed in "uplifting the race".
Your post on Dr. Dubois was very insightful. I hadn't realized he had gotten two degrees from Harvard; that's amazing and inspiring. I really didn't know about his communism affiliation. I respect his decision to adopt that way of living. It probably wasn't as hard as it would be today to give up democracy for communism. A really good post.
Hi Jin Z.
Your research on Williams Dubois was edifying. I truly don’t know who he was, but that fact that he was able to enter Harvard during the 18 century was a great feat. Secondly, because he was the first African American to receive a Ph. D. from Harvard in 1896 was a great achievement for his race.
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