Du Bois

[doo bois]

noun

1. William Edward Burghardt 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.

Example Sentences

Du Bois famously observed that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.”

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Du Bois described the “public and psychological wage” paid to white workers in the post-Reconstruction era on account of their being white.

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Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey, would continue the work to end the legacies of slavery and eliminate all aspects of racism.

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As Du Bois wrote, public education in the South was a Black idea.

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Enter the new relevance of historical novels: Examples include Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” and Daniel Mason’s “North Woods,” which each tackle expansive themes across contentious historical periods.

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