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NAACP-W.E.B Dubois-http://www.naacp.org/about/history/dubois/


Du Bois's most effective contribution to black America was his writting. As a poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, sociologist, historian, and journalist, he wrote 21 books, edited 15 more, and published over 100 essays and articles.DuBois received many honorary degrees, he was a fellow and life member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Also he was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He was the outstanding African American intellectual of his period in America. Many people see him as an iconic leader.