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Historical Figure
W.E.B. Du Bois
1868 – 1963
W.E.B. Du Bois was a prominent African American scholar, writer, and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP and was a leading figure in the early 20th century's Pan-African movement. He advocated for the advancement of Black education and culture, emphasizing the importance of higher education for the African American community and its role in promoting societal change.
Study in Curriculum
Unit 2
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 10
Unit 4.5
The Black Church: Institution, Liberation & the HBCU Pipeline
Serving and Sacrificing: Black Military Service from Reconstruction to World War II
Disenfranchisement, Jim Crow & the Red Summer
Ida B. Wells: The Science of Lynching & the Architecture of Anti-Black Terror
HBCU to Independence: The African Leaders of Lincoln University
The Three Pillars: Black Church, HBCUs, and the Divine Nine
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