W.E.B. Du Bois and Civil Society

Founders of the Niagara Movement in 1905. Du Bois is in the middle row, with white hat – Public Domain

Sociologist and writer, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) became nationally known after 1905’s Niagara Movement. He helped form the NAACP in 1909 and the Pan-African Congress during World War I and focused on peacemaking and decolonization. In 1910, Du Bois served as the editor of The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, the “oldest black-oriented journal in the world.” His work that spanned 1910-1934 with the NAACP...