Research Paper On W. E. B. Dubois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, commonly known as W.E.B Du Bois, was a famous historian, essayist, and sociologist. In 1868, Du Bois was born February 23rd in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His contributions to the world through a sociological standpoint were: “his role as one of the early sociological pioneers, sociologist of race, and as a scholar- activist” ( sociology website ) Du Bois was a very intelligent man that attended college at Fisk. In 1888, Du bois earned his bachelor's degree. Though that was not enough, Du Bois later transferred to the college he had always wanted to attend, but could not afford at first: Harvard. There, he earned a second bachelor's degree where he later also earned his master’s three years later in
Du Bois was so dedicated to his work that he spent most of his time conducting “sociological investigations of blacks in America” ( ). Another accomplishment of Du Bois is that he “published his 1st case study on a black community—The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899)”. An interesting part of the study was the phrase "the talented tenth,". This term described the statistics of “one in 10 black men becoming leaders of their race”. Although Du Bois made many contributions to society, especially gaining rights of African Americans, he died years later in Ghana in 1963. Some of W.E.B. Du Bois’ books and articles are listed as follows: The Negro’ (1915), ‘Dark Princess’ (1928), ‘The World of Africa’ (1947) , The Black North: A Social Study (1901), Mixed Blood aided White Geniuses (1907), Remarks on Alabama (1930), Problems of Africa (1946), The Souls of Black Folk (1903) , ‘Dusk of Dawn: An Essay toward an Autobiography of a Race concept (1940), and Fifty Years among Black Folks (1909).Though W.E.B. Du Bois wrote many books and novels, his works and influences came to an end when he died in Ghana on August 27,