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W. E. B. Du Bois

1868 - 1963

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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( doo-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at Harvard University, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, Du Bois rose to national prominence as a leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of black civil rights activists seeking equal rights. Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta Compromise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. E. B. Du Bois is the 23rd most popular social activist (up from 239th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,443rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, W. E. B. Du Bois ranks 23 out of 840. Before him are Nicholas Winton, Jean-Paul Marat, Gustav I of Sweden, Mary Harris Jones, Peter Kropotkin, and Betty Williams. After him are Élie Ducommun, Sophia of Prussia, Emily Greene Balch, Guy Fawkes, Robert Owen, and Margaret Sanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, W. E. B. Du Bois ranks 10. Before him are Karl Landsteiner, Miklós Horthy, Fritz Haber, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, John Nance Garner, and Abdulmejid II. After him are Robert Andrews Millikan, Constantine I of Greece, Emanuel Lasker, Arnold Sommerfeld, James Connolly, and Gichin Funakoshi. Among people deceased in 1963, W. E. B. Du Bois ranks 9. Before him are John F. Kennedy, Robert Frost, Jean Cocteau, Georges Braque, Aldous Huxley, and Robert Schuman. After him are Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, C. S. Lewis, Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, and Francis Poulenc.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. E. B. Du Bois ranks 217 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Mariah Carey (1969), Jon Voight (1938), David Hasselhoff (1952), Kevin Costner (1955), and Amelia Earhart (1897). After him are George Beadle (1903), Buster Keaton (1895), Tom Cruise (1962), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Frank Lloyd Wright (1867), and Cecil B. DeMille (1881).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, W. E. B. Du Bois ranks 6. Before him are Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Malcolm X (1925), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Helen Keller (1880), and Rosa Parks (1913). After him are Emily Greene Balch (1867), Margaret Sanger (1879), Harriet Tubman (1820), Angela Davis (1944), Jody Williams (1950), and Jimmy Hoffa (1913).

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