W.E.B. Du Bois

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This paper discusses the life and achievements of W.E.B .Du Bois. It looks at Du Bois' background and education and his rise to the position of a great civil rights leader. The paper discusses Du Bois' fights as a civil rights activist and then shows how his extended vision placed the civil rights movement in the US in a much larger context, a framework that would include global emancipation for the Negro population and African independence.

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"His extended vision placed the civil rights movement in the US in a much larger context, a framework that would include global emancipation for the Negro population and African independence. He had a vast array of approaches to the issue of racism and rights for the Black population, acknowledged as the most preeminent political and intellectual activist in the US in the first half of the twentieth century. The organizations he was part of, their actions and participation to different conference on the thematic of human rights and fight against racism, as well as his numerous writings are well proof of this. He was most likely a forefather of activism and activist movement for Black rights in the 1960s and would remain an inspiration for the generations to come."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hynes, Gerald. A Biographical Sketch of W.E.B. DuBois. On the Internet at http://www.duboislc.org/html/DuBoisBio.html. Last retrieved on December 16, 2007
• http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/dubois.html. Last retrieved on December 16, 2007
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/dubois.html. Last retrieved on December 16, 2007

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