W.E.B. Dubois

William Edward Burghart DeBois was an important leader who worked to help end racism in the United States. He was born February 23, 1968 in Massachusetts and died on Auguest 27, 1963. By that time, he had written seventeen books and he did many things to fight against discrimination and racism during that time. He believed in peaceful solucions instead of conflict, like Martin Luther King, Jr. did, who was born after him.

DuBois's father left when he was young and his mother died when he was 16 years old. He was a good student though, and was the first African-American to graduate from his high school. He went to college in Tennessee and earned his PH.D. from Harvard University. One of the most important things that DuBois did was to help start the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. The NAACP was important because they helped with many legal cases which made sure that the rights of minorities were protected.

W.E.B. Dubios is important to North Carolina history because in 1926, the W.E.B. DeBois School was built for Aftican-Americans in Wake Forest, NC, and was named in his honor because he was so important in advancing the rights fo African-Americans.

By: Alex F.