Du BoisBy: Gavin Parnell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois

IntroductionDu Bois was

a great man.

He started the NAACP and edited it’s

magazine,

“The Crisis”.

He wanted blacks

to be equal

with whites.

He made 16 research monographs on

blacks.

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/drabik11/3-2/w-e-b-du-bois/

Agent

Du Bois was accused of being a Russian agent. Even though he was not guilty, his life changed and America hated him. So, he moved to Ghana.

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Booker T. Washington

Du Bois had a rival named Booker T. Washington. He told slaves to do their work and maybe their masters will bring joy. But Du Bois wanted freedom now! But, he didn’t have enough support.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois

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The Crisis

Du Bois was

the editor of

“The Crisis”,

the NAACP’s magazine. The magazine was

one of the most popular civil rights

magazines around

the time.

http://www.tower.com/w-e-b-du-bois-fight-for-civil-ryan-p-randolph-hardcover/wapi/100424864

Democracy

Du Bois wanted

democracy for

blacks and whites,

and his destiny

was to do just that.

http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/dubois/

Essay

He made an

essay on

Black Reconstruction.

It was a very good selling book.

http://openlibrary.org/works/OL28614W/Black_reconstruction

February

Du Bois was born on February 23,1868.

http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/exhibits/dubois/intro.htm

GhanaAfter being accused of being an Agent, Du Bois

moved to Ghana where he lived until death.

http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/dubois/?cat=9&paged=4

Harvard UniversityDu Bois got his PH.D from Harvard University.

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/drabik11/3-2/w-e-b-du-bois/

Investigations

Du Bois

did

social investigations

on black people.

http://www.transactionpub.com/title/The-Souls-of-Black-Folk-978-1-56000-524-7.html

Jim Crow

Du Bois hated Jim Crow and his

segregation laws.

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Knowledge

Du Bois had the knowledge to run the NAACP and stop segregation

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/dubois/aa_dubois_naacp_3_e.html

Leaders

Du Bois was an important leader in the first half of

the 20th century.

http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/ON/B0/B52/58MB52.html

Movement

Du Bois

led tons of

Civil Rights Movements.

One of them:

The Niagara Movement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Movement

NAACP Du Bois Founded the NAACP in 1909 and became

the editor of “The Crisis.”

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/drabik11/3-2/w-e-b-du-bois/

OppositionDu Bois had an opponent, Booker T. Washington.

Du Opposed him.

http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/publication/2009/01/20090105161923jmnamdeirf0.9908258.html#axzz1sYQ2gPwf

Protest

Du Bois protested

about segregation

between

blacks and whites.

http://www.pccd.hu/hefop51/?num=6&ch=A&code=A.1.2

Quarrel

Du Bois was

always a rival

with

Booker T. Washington.

They were in a quarrel.

http://www.africawithin.com/bios/web_dubois.htm

Research

Du Bois

made

16 research

monographs

on blacks

in America.

http://historyisastateofmind.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/w-e-b-dubois-as-historian/

Social Science

Du Bois studied

Social Science

and learned

the behavior of

mistreated blacks.

http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/edu/charleston/ch-overview.htm

TeachingAfter he stopped working for the NAACP, he became a teacher at Atlanta University.

http://iweb.tntech.edu/kosburn/history-202/!920s%20Part%20II.htm

University

Du Bois graduated

from 3 universities.

Fisk University,

University of Berlin,

and

Harvard University.

http://www.myblackhistory101.com/washington-carver-du-bois/

Viewed

Du Bois viewed

his career

as a case studying

the segregation between blacks

and whites.

http://commentariesonthetimes.wordpress.com/tag/pan-africanism/

William Edward Burghant Du Bois

Du Bois’s full name is

William Edward Burghant Du Bois.

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X

For ten years, Du Bois taught kids at school.

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Year After Death

A year after Du Bois

died The United States Civil Rights Act

enacted many of the reforms for which Du Bois had campaigned

his entire life.

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Zest

Du Bois enjoyed the wonders of life and was happy.

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ConclusionHe was once accused of being an unregistered Russian agent in 1951, but he was not guilty. Though, that messed up his life and the U.S.A. forgot about him. So, he moved to Ghana and became a citizen and died.

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Bibliography

http://www.biography.com/people/web-du-bois-9279924

Me, Myself, and I.

http://blogs.umass.edu/wbdubois/