1992 - W. E. B. Du Bois Block Of 4 Postage Stamps - MNH - Sc# 2617- CW399a

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community, and after completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects of eugenics for blacks. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Quotes:
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

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