W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar and activist for racial equality

Founder of the Niagara Movement (1905) (a protest group). Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909) to enforce what is known as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

Tennessee where he first encountered racial injustice. Founded the NAACP in New York.

1868-1963

He believed the educated African Americans must use their education and training to challenge inequality.

First African American to earn a PhD at Harvard University. The best known spokesperson for African American rights during the first half of the twentieth century.