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W.E.B. du Bois. Life. February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 Harvard PhD in History Lead NAACP Author- The Philadelphia Negro, Souls of Black Folk. Activism. The most prominent intellectual leader and political activist in the first half of the twentieth century. Founded NAACP
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Life • February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 • Harvard • PhD in History • Lead NAACP • Author- The Philadelphia Negro, Souls of Black Folk
Activism • The most prominent intellectual leader and political activist in the first half of the twentieth century. • Founded NAACP • Double Conscious Mind
Malcolm and Du Bois • Jews • Non Whites • Talented Tenth • Attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism—scholarship, propaganda, scholarship, national self determination, human rights, cultural and economic separatism, politics, international communism, and third world solidarity.