Thursday, October 23, 2008

Annotation #3

W.E.B. Dubois | Sociologist, Author & Civil Rights Leader-http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/dubois.html

In this article it talks about how Dubois was one of the most influential black leaders of the first half of the 20 century. Dubois is shared in the NAACP in 1909. He was the editor and director of research if the crisis magazine until 1934. Dubois was the first African American to receive a PH.D from Harvard University in 1897. Between 1896 and 1897 Dubois published 16 research papers. He believed that social problems can provide answers to race problems. Throughout his career he moved steadily over to the political left. He believed equal rights for all races. He became a ghana citizen and joined the communist party.

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