Du Bois
Americannoun
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Du Bois, who impressed upon him the urgency of securing institutional power for Black Americans—in universities, in government, in diplomacy and in finance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Du Bois described the “public and psychological wage” paid to white workers in the post-Reconstruction era on account of their being white.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025
Du Bois, with his pledge to erase America’s “color line” in pursuit of agrarian liberation.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
“It’s such a way of life that I almost don’t think of it as sabbaticals,” said Du Bois, now retired from tech and working as a life coach based in Sedona, Arizona.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
And he puts in my hand a volume called The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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