W. E. B. Du Bois
1868: Born this day W. E. B. Du Bois, a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. After graduating from Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the NAACP. He passed away in 1963. (Photo: AP)
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