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American sociologist, historian, and activist

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The life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
Learn about the career of W.E.B. Du Bois, the most important Black protest leader...
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W.E.B. Du Bois
American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and civil rights activist W.E.B....
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (2003681451)
Portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, pastel on illustration paper by Winold Reiss, 1925;...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; purchase funded by Lawrence A. Fleischman and Howard Garfinkle with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
High school class photo of W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois pictured (at left in the back row) with his classmates from Great...
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library.
Du Bois during his years at Fisk University
W.E.B. Du Bois pictured about the time he was a student at Fisk University in Nashville,...
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library.
Du Bois in his Harvard days
Portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois from the Harvard College Class of 1890 Class Book; photographed...
© Harvard University Archives
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
(Left) American educator and reformer and the first president and principal developer...
Harris and Ewing Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-hec-16114); Photo composite Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Du Bois in 1904
Distinguished scholar and educator W.E.B. Du Bois, photograph by J.E. Purdy, 1904.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Du Bois in 1907
Portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois taken possibly during the third annual meeting of the...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (NPG.80.25)
1925 edition of The Crisis
Founded in 1910, The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association...
The New York Public Library
Du Bois at his Brooklyn Heights home
Author, sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois poses for...
© David Attie—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Postage stamp of Du Bois
A U.S. postage stamp showing an image of social activist W.E.B. Du Bois, c. 1998.
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