W. E. B. Du Bois

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Pan-Africanist civil rights activist essayist historian human political activist sociologist sociology pioneer writer

W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pan-Africanist → civil rights activist → essayist → historian → human → political activist → sociologist → sociology pioneer → writer →
alsoKnownAs	W.E.B. Du Bois → WEB Du Bois →
awardReceived	Spingarn Medal →
birthDate	1868-02-23 →
birthPlace	Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States →
burialPlace	W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture, Accra, Ghana →
child	Yolande Du Bois →
coFounded	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People →
conceptCoined	double consciousness →
conceptPopularized	the color line →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1963-08-27 →
deathPlace	Accra, Ghana →
educatedAt	Fisk University → Harvard University → University of Berlin NERFINISHED →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Du Bois →
fieldOfWork	African American history → Pan-Africanism → civil rights → sociology of race →
fullName	William Edward Burghardt Du Bois →
givenName	William →
influenced	Pan-Africanist leaders in Africa and the Caribbean → civil rights movement in the United States →
laterCitizenOf	Ghana →
movement	American civil rights movement → Niagara Movement → Pan-African movement →
notableWork	Black Reconstruction in America → Dusk of Dawn → The Crisis magazine editorials → The Philadelphia Negro → The Souls of Black Folk →
politicalIdeology	Marxism-influenced analysis of race and class → socialism →
positionHeld	Director of Publicity and Research of the NAACP → Editor of The Crisis →
spouse	Nina Gomer Du Bois → Shirley Graham Du Bois →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Forman → Jean Toomer → June Jordan → Kwame Nkrumah → Richard Wright →	influencedBy
W. E. B. Du Bois ("W.E.B. Du Bois") → W. E. B. Du Bois ("WEB Du Bois") →	alsoKnownAs
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. ("DuBois") → W. E. B. Du Bois ("Du Bois") →	familyName
The New Negro (anthology) →	containsWorkBy
The Negro Speaks of Rivers →	editorOfFirstPublication
Countee Cullen →	fatherInLaw
Niagara Movement →	foundedBy
NAACP →	founder
W. E. B. Du Bois ("William Edward Burghardt Du Bois") →	fullName
African-American history →	hasKeyFigure
Niagara Movement →	hasKeyPerson
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
African American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Pan-Africanism →	hasNotableProponent
Hollis Hall →	hasNotableResident
William James →	influenced
NAACP →	keyPerson
W. E. B. Du Bois Library →	namedAfter
Lenin Peace Prize →	notableLaureate
Harlem Renaissance →	notablePerson
Spingarn Medal →	notableRecipient
Progressive Era →	significantFigure