W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, author, and civil rights activist who is known as the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. He cofounded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and served as the editor of its magazine, The Crisis, from 1910 to 1934. Du Bois’s collection of essays The Souls of Black Folk (1903) is a landmark of African American literature.
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