“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line.”

— W. E. B. Du Bois

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About W. E. B. Du Bois

Sociologist • American

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a towering American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. As a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...

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