W.E.B. Du Bois

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W.E.B. Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

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Examples of W.E.B. Du Bois in the following topics:

  • The "Color Line"

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  • The NAACP

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    • Du Bois was a scholar and activist committed to full civil rights for all people.
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    • Du Bois and Mary White Ovington were two of the founding officers of the NAACP.

  • Military Segregation

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    • Du Bois had supported Wilson in the 1916 presidential campaign and in 1918 was offered an Army commission in charge of dealing with race relations—Du Bois accepted, but he failed his Army physical and did not serve.

  • The Conflict Perspective

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    • Du Bois theorized that the intersectional paradigms of race, class, and nation might explain certain aspects of Black political economy.
    • Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins writes "Du Bois saw race, class, and nation not primarily as personal identity categories but as social hierarchies that shaped African American access to status, poverty, and power" (2000 Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment, 42).

  • Theodore Roosevelt and Race

    • In September 1908, civil rights leader W.E.B.
    • Du Bois urged black people to register to vote and remember their treatment by the Republican administration when it was time to cast a ballot for President.

  • Conclusion: The Effects of Reconstruction

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    • Du Bois wrote in 1935, "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery."

  • Roosevelt, Wilson, and Race

    • In September 1908, W.E.B.
    • Du Bois urged blacks to register to vote and to remember their treatment by the Republican administration when it was time to vote for president.
    • Du Bois campaigned for Wilson and in 1918 was offered an Army commission in charge of dealing with race relations; Du Bois accepted, but he failed his Army physical and did not serve.
    • Wilson was also criticized by such hard-line segregationists as Georgia's Thomas E.

  • The "Nadir of Race Relations" and the Great Migration

    • Racism was so prevalent that even American presidents embraced segregationist attitudes and polices in the government and the military, while black Americans turned toward civil rights and Afrocentric movements led by W.E.B.
    • Du Bois and Marcus Garvey.

  • A Multicultural Society

    • It is generally applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g. schools, businesses, neighborhoods, cities, or nations.
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    • Du Bois, and Alain Locke developed concepts of cultural pluralism, from which emerged what we understand today as multiculturalism.

  • Additional Readings

    • E-learning: Facilitating learning through technology.
    • Luckin, R., Brewster, D., Pearce, D., Siddons-Corby, R., & du Boulay, B. (2004).
    • Piccoli, G., Ahmad, R., & Ives, B. (2001).
    • Web-based virtual learning environments: A research framework and a preliminary assessment of effectiveness in basic IT skills training.