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DuBois at NAACP Convention in 1929

[Library of Congress] W.E.B. Du Bois, called the father of pan-Africanism for his work on behalf of the emerging African nations, devoted his life to the struggle for equality for African Americans and all people of color. He ranks among the great American historians, and his commitment and intellectual depth made him one of the foremost reformers of the 20th century.

W.E.B. Du Bois. Image. Library of Congress. (2011). In //American History//. Retrieved May 17, 2011, from []

[Library of Congress] As the head of Tuskegee Institute (a leading center of African American education), Booker T. Washington was a major spokesperson for African Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.



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