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W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, editor, and writer.
* He was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
* He was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University.
* He was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
* He was a leading figure in the fight for civil rights for African Americans.
* He was a vocal critic of racism and segregation.
* He was a strong advocate for Pan-Africanism.
* He died on August 27, 1963, in Accra, Ghana.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the civil rights movement.

There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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