W.E.B. Du Bois, 1918

Item Overview

Title

W.E.B. Du Bois, 1918

Alternative title

W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar and civil rights activist

Date Created

1918

Date

1918

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. (Wikipedia)
Studio Portrait of William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois

Caption

Photo caption: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois / Founder and Secretary of First Pan-African Congress which was held in Paris, France / February 19, 20 and 21, 1919.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photomechanical prints

Names

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American authors
African American civil rights workers
African American sociologists