W. E. B. Du Bois

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:NAACP
gptkbp:awards Spingarn Medal
Harmon Gold Medal
gptkbp:born February 23, 1868
gptkbp:children Yasuko Du Bois
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Sociology
Education_for_African_Americans
gptkbp:died August 27, 1963
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Berlin
gptkb:Fisk_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label W. E. B. Du Bois
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Pan-African_Congresses
Critique of capitalism
Advocacy for education reform
Promotion of social justice
Support for labor rights
Promotion of women's rights
Critique of imperialism
Critique of Booker T. Washington
Support for anti-colonial struggles
Advocacy for global human rights
Writings on socialism
Promotion_of_African_American_literature
Founding_of_the_NAACP
Founding_of_the_Niagara_Movement
Promotion_of_African_independence_movements
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Pan-Africanism
Double Consciousness
The Talented Tenth
gptkbp:legacy Cultural Criticism
Influence on civil rights legislation
Scholarship on race relations
Advocacy_for_African_American_rights
Du_Boisian_thought
Influence_on_African_studies
gptkbp:nationality American
African_American
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Black_Reconstruction_in_America
gptkb:The_Souls_of_Black_Folk
The Philadelphia Negro
gptkbp:occupation Civil Rights Activist
Historian
Sociologist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Great_Barrington,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Accra,_Ghana
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Communist_Party_USA
gptkb:Socialist_Party_of_America
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Shirley_Graham_Du_Bois