W.E.B. Dubois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community, and after completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
The W.E.B. Dubois Collection features:
The Quest Of The Silver Fleece: A Novel
The Souls Of Black Folk
The Talented Tenth
The Conservation Of Races
The Suppression Of The African Slave Trade To The United States Of America, 1638-1870
The Negro
The Negro In The South
and
Darkwater: Voices From Within The Veil