Du Bois, W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Du Bois, W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt)

PRONUNCIATION:	d-bois
DATES:	1868–1963
	American civil rights leader who cofounded the NAACP, edited journals, such as Crisis (1910–1932), and wrote books, including Color and Democracy (1945), that promoted the concerns of Black Americans and Africans.


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