A Persona of W.E.B Dubois

W.E.B Dubois helped the voiceless to try to help racial designation and make African-Americans have the same opportunities as whites. According to American National Biography W.E.B Dubois was an american sociologist that changed american history. W.E.B Dubois life was not a average lifestyle. He was born on February 23,1968 to parents Mary Silvina Burghardt and Alfred Du Bois and lived in Barrington Massachusetts.(Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963), African-American Activist, Historian, and Sociologist | American National Biography. (1830-1885), Writer and Reformer )

His father left at age two which made his mother to move in with his grandmother. His mother was a domestic worker and his father was a barber.

According to The Public Domain Review He wanted to go to Harvard or Yale but didn't have the funds so he went fisk down in the south. When he went to Harvard Graduate School and while there he earned a doctor's degree and a masters.  He became professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University.''(W. E. B. Du Bois' Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900).)

According to Biography He first work that he wrote was Philadelphia, based on his early work field of studying of a detailed  study of African Americans in Philadelphia. He also worked on newspaper at fisk and actually wanted to write newspapers as a living. He spend summers as a teacher. (W.E.B. Du Bois).

HOW HE BECAME FAMOUS

According to Biography He became famous for his argument with Booker T Washington, a  influential spokesman for black americans and an  educator. He was in the Niagara movement which he was in because he was trying to seek justice and rights for African Americans but failed due to Washington good argument. During the time he wrote a magazine just for African Americans which became the first magazine for the African Americans. He didn't just write magazines and newspapers he also wrote books. He wrote The Philadelphia Negro which was the one of the earliest examples of his work in sociological. His purpose of being famous was to eliminate racism and make life easy for the african americans. (W.E.B. Du Bois''.)(Booker T. Washington'').

How he was important to the Harlem Renaissance

According to Thoughtco During the Harlem Renaissance W.E.B  Du Bois argued that racial equality could be gained through the arts. W.E.B Dubois promoted the work of many African-American visual artists and writers. (Four Initiatives Developed by W.E.B. Du Bois'').

 EXTRA FACTS

According to Learnodo-Newtonic  He is a only child to a free family. Next His family was one of the few free family. He was treated well by the white community. He attended the local integrated public school.  Du Bois co-founded the Niagara Movement. He co-founded the National Association was also the editor of NAACP's journal The Crisis. Du Bois died on August 27, 1963. (Rudwick)

 

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