It's time for having fun with learning and a W.E.B Du Bois biography.
Okay, okay so in history looking up and sharing stories about our heroes is what I love. So
if you've never heard of W.E.B Du Bois don't trip because I got you!
For starters W.E.B Dubois was a Journalist, Educator, and well known Civil
Rights Activist. W.E.B Dubois was born on February 23rd 1868,
in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and that's where life began for him.
During this time in history many African Americans were not fortunate enough to go to school
and get a good education. This wasn't the same for W.E.B Du Bois.
Growing up in a mainly European town he didn't see racism like others encountered. There
he had the opportunity to go to school with other white children and get a good education.
It wasn't until later on in life when he attended Fisk University that he encountered racism
for the first time. After seeing how African Americans were treated that sparked a fire
in W.E.B Du Bois and he began to stand up for the rights of African Americans.
Continuing on in school W.E.B Du Bois got his bachelor's degree there at Fisk University
but he wasn't stopping there. Another big thing that he did was in 1895, W.E.B Du Bois
became the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard.
Now of course none of this is as easy as it seems. Just like it costs money today he went
to school, worked hard, took some odd jobs, got scholarships, and also took out loans
to get through school. After finishing school in the United States
W.E.B Du Bois traveled overseas and studied in Berlin. That's Germany. It was there he
got to meet people who had different ways of thinking on how to treat others in society
and W.E.B Du Bois brought those ideas right back here to the United States of America.
W.E.B Du Bois went on to publish writings like The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study,
and The Souls of Black Folk. Now one thing that put him on a national stage
was his disagreement with Booker T. Washington another African American leader there at that
time who had the Atlanta Compromise. With the Atlanta Compromise it sacrificed African
Americans being in leadership in order to get good jobs. But W.E.B Du Bois wasn't hearing
that. He stood for full equality for everybody no matter their race, color or creed. Now
another big accomplishment in fighting for the rights of African Americans. He helpd
to co-found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Which is now
known today mainly as the NAACP. But check this out living his life and fighting for
the rights of African Americans is what he did. He ended up dying at the age of 95 on
August 27, 1963. The crazy thing about this was he died one day before Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. gave his, "I have a dream speech in Washington, D. C. on August 28, 1963. When
it came to the life of W.E.B. Du Bois his voice will go down as one of the major contributors
to the African American and Civil Rights Movement in the early 20th Century and I hope you enjoyed
those fun facts with W.E.B Du Bois.