W. E. B. Du Bois

CTL-E-1484 · Person · scholar · 1890s-1960s

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Scholar, author, and civil-rights leader; co-founder of the NAACP; founder and editor of The Crisis; author of The Souls of Black Folk (1903).

The record

• Also known as: WEB Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Notes

RELP62 in-place enrichment (2026-10-06): +10 Chicago-visits claims, +10 evidence, +3 relationships. Already Verified; biography claims CTL-CLM-000389-000398 untouched.

Relationships

• Booker T. Washington — related to
  Du Bois's 1903 critique of Washington's Atlanta Compromise defined the militant-versus-accommodationist debate.
• Carter G. Woodson — related to
  Du Bois and Carter G. Woodson clashed publicly in 1936 over Du Bois's Encyclopedia of the Negro project; Du Bois had earlier nominated Woodson for the 1926 Spingarn Medal.
• Ida B. Wells — related to
  Du Bois and Ida B. Wells were both co-founders of the NAACP in 1909.
• Langston Hughes — related to
  Du Bois's 1926 "Criteria of Negro Art" debated Langston Hughes's "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" over art and propaganda.
• Marcus Garvey — related to
  Du Bois and Marcus Garvey were prominent rivals for leadership of Black political thought in the 1920s.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — founded
  W. E. B. Du Bois was a co-founder of the NAACP in 1909.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — member of organization
  Du Bois co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and edited its magazine The Crisis, 1910-1934.
• Niagara Movement — founded
  W. E. B. Du Bois led the Niagara Movement, founded in 1905.
• Niagara Movement — member of organization
  Du Bois led the Niagara Movement (1905-1910), the militant forerunner of the NAACP.
• Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc. — member of organization
  W.E.B. Du Bois is listed among Sigma Pi Phi’s notable members.
• The Crisis — affiliated with
  Du Bois founded and edited The Crisis, the NAACP's official magazine, 1910-1934.

Referenced by

• A. Philip Randolph — related to → this record
• Archibald Motley — related to → this record
• Booker T. Washington — related to → this record
• Carter G. Woodson — related to → this record
• Cheikh Anta Diop — related to → this record
• Ida B. Wells — related to → this record
• James Weldon Johnson — related to → this record
• Langston Hughes — related to → this record
• Lorraine Hansberry — related to → this record
• Marcus Garvey — related to → this record
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — founded by → this record
• Niagara Movement — founded by → this record
• Paul Robeson — related to → this record
• Respectability politics debates in Black Chicago — related to → this record
• Summering at Idlewild, Michigan — the Black vacation circuit — related to → this record
• The Crisis — wrote for → this record
• The Souls of Black Folk — authored by → this record
• Walter F. White — related to → this record
• William M. Trotter — related to → this record

Sources

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