Du Bois, as a nations civil rights figurehead, was said to be one (if not THE most) influential African American of the 20th century. The civil rights activist and professor stretched his teachings across the globe in order to preach his ideologies of liberty amongst African Americans (Tamblyn).
Du Bois' house in Queens, New York. Photo was taken in the 1940's by David Du Bois. The woman who owns the house today, Helen Baldwin, has made only few changes to the house such as repairs. http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/03/25/amd_queens8.jpg
A cover page of The Crisis of March 1911. This is one of many covers released by The Crisis and each one symbolized a different topic that the NAACP was working towards. The Crisis, was originally named after a poem, The Perfect Crisis, written by James Lowell (Johnson). The start up of this magazine had over hundreds of thousands of readers within the first couple of years it was published, indicating how well Du Bois managed to get preach his word.
W.E.B. Du Bois in his office at the University of Atlanta. This picture was taken in 1909. It was in this office that Du Bois would work on his books such as, The Negroes in the Making of America, and The Gift of Black Folk published in 1924.
Du Bois addresses Bethel A.M.E. Church in San Fransisco of racial issues. It was at these meetings that the NAACP stressed to improve the status of minorities on a social, political, economical, and educational level.
"W. E. B. Du Bois, standing right, at the office of the NAACP publication Crisis. The first African American to earn a Harvard doctorate, Du Bois left a great impact on the burgeoning field of sociology through his writings and teaching. Along with his work as an academic, Du Bois co-founded the NAACP, in part to address segregation in the United States and call attention to the inferior treatment of African Americans throughout the South. "
Source Citation: "W. E. B. Du Bois, standing right, at the office of the NAACP publication Crisis. The first African..." Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ed. David S. Tanenhaus. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
"The cover of the first issue of The Crisis, the monthly magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded by W.E.B. Du Bois".
Source citation: "The cover of the first issue of The Crisis, the monthly magazine of the National Association for the..." Roaring Twenties Reference Library. Ed. Kelly King Howes. Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2006. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. "A Letter from W.E.B. Du Bois to the Department of Immigration of Canada"
Source Citation: "A Letter from W.E.B. Du Bois to the Department of Immigration of Canada." The African-American Experience. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 2010. American Journey. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
Du Bois, as a nations civil rights figurehead, was said to be one (if not THE most) influential African American of the 20th century. The civil rights activist and professor stretched his teachings across the globe in order to preach his ideologies of liberty amongst African Americans (Tamblyn).
Source Citation: Tamblyn, George. "DuBois William Edward Burghardt." BlackPast.Org. University of Washington, 2009. Web. 5 Dec 2010. <http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/dubois-william-edward-burghardt-1868-1963>.
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Du Bois in his college days. This was his student picture from when he attended college at Harvard University from 1889 - 1890.
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Du Bois' house in Queens, New York. Photo was taken in the 1940's by David Du Bois. The woman who owns the house today, Helen Baldwin, has made only few changes to the house such as repairs.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/03/25/amd_queens8.jpg
A cover page of The Crisis of March 1911. This is one of many covers released by The Crisis and each one symbolized a different topic that the NAACP was working towards. The Crisis, was originally named after a poem, The Perfect Crisis, written by James Lowell (Johnson). The start up of this magazine had over hundreds of thousands of readers within the first couple of years it was published, indicating how well Du Bois managed to get preach his word.
Source Citation:
Johnson, Nickia. "In History: The Crisis Magazine." emPower Magazine. Liu Karama Productions, 10 Sep 2008. Web. 5 Dec 2010. <http://www.empowernewsmag.com/listings.php?article=160>.
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W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson greet each other at Paris Peace Conference of 1949. Together these two would set out to work for peace.
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W.E.B. Du Bois and some delegates from the Junior NAACP.
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W.E.B. Du Bois in his office at the University of Atlanta. This picture was taken in 1909. It was in this office that Du Bois would work on his books such as, The Negroes in the Making of America, and The Gift of Black Folk published in 1924.
http://www.baystatebanner.com/files/natl19-2009-02-19/natl19a.jpg
Du Bois addresses Bethel A.M.E. Church in San Fransisco of racial issues. It was at these meetings that the NAACP stressed to improve the status of minorities on a social, political, economical, and educational level.
http://foundsf.org/images/d/da/Aframer1$dubois-at-church.jpg
"W. E. B. Du Bois, standing right, at the office of the NAACP publication Crisis. The first African American to earn a Harvard doctorate, Du Bois left a great impact on the burgeoning field of sociology through his writings and teaching. Along with his work as an academic, Du Bois co-founded the NAACP, in part to address segregation in the United States and call attention to the inferior treatment of African Americans throughout the South. "Source Citation:
"W. E. B. Du Bois, standing right, at the office of the NAACP publication Crisis. The first African..." Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ed. David S. Tanenhaus. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
"The cover of the first issue of The Crisis, the monthly magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded by W.E.B. Du Bois".
Source citation:
"The cover of the first issue of The Crisis, the monthly magazine of the National Association for the..." Roaring Twenties Reference Library. Ed. Kelly King Howes. Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2006. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
"A Letter from W.E.B. Du Bois to the Department of Immigration of Canada"
Source Citation:
"A Letter from W.E.B. Du Bois to the Department of Immigration of Canada." The African-American Experience. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 2010. American Journey. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.