W. E. B. Dubois: Father Of The Civil Rights Movement

W.E.B Du Bois was born three years, after the Civil War. He was born during the time of Reconstruction in the United States. Born on February 23, 1868 in a small town called Great Barrington, located in the state of Massachusetts. Du Bois is recognized as one of the greatest leaders in African American history. Originally born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, but became better known as W.E.B. Du Bois. Du Bois was a remarkable scholar, writer, editor, and one of the greatest civil rights activist that in the history of this nation. Many other civil rights activist and other black leaders, who have comes after Du Bois, view him is the father of the Civil Rights Movement. W.E.B Du Bois paved the way for many African Americans in the United States. Du Bois has contributed not only to the African Americans community, but to the humanity. Du Bois was very involved when it came to helping develop movements

for African American’s, such as pan-African movement and the black power movement. All these movements helped shape the African American community to what it is today. W.E.B Du Bois dedicated his professional and personal life to demanding a change for our nation. W.E.B Du Bois used his voices and his knowledge to help fight against the discrimination and violence for the black community.
W.E.B Du Bois mother Sylvina Burghardt, worked as a former domestic servant. His father Alfred Du Bois, work as a barber. Du Bois was only two years old, when his father abandoned the family. After his Father left Du Bois and his mother moved to a family farm, which was owned by his grandmother. Du Bo mother was very supportive of his dreams. She passed away on March 23, 1885. He received support from many of his local teachers, after the death of his mother. Du Bois also began working as a timekeeper in a local mill and did many other jobs. He did all those so he could support himself financially. Du Bois having a job never came in the way of his academics. He was able to do exceedingly well while he was in high school. He was such an intelligent student, that he was able to skip a grade.
Dubois was one the very first African Americans to graduate from his high school.

He also was the valedictorian of his class in 1884. There was no doubt that Du Bois was very intellectually gifted student. He was able to receive a full scholarship to Fisk University located in Tennessee. Fisk University was the very first African-American institution to be accredited in the South. Even though he attend Fisk, Du Bois always wanted to attend Harvard. Du Bois was able to attend Fisk University because his principal, Frank Hosmer and through the help other friends and business. His principal was able to find scholarship money, for Dubois to fund his college education. Du Bois graduated from Fisk University with a BA in 1888. Du Bois enrolled at Harvard University in 1888, classifying as a junior. He was able to afford Harvard tuition through the help of the Price-Greenleaf grant. At Harvard, he studied Philosophy and graduated Cum Laude from his class. Du Bois immediately began working towards his master's and doctor's degree for the Ivy League

Institution.
Du Bois completed his master's degree in History from Harvard in the spring of 1891. After receiving his master, Du Bois began looking for scholarships to help fund his dreams of studying in Europe. The Education of Negroes ending up funded his studies at the Wilhelm University in Berlin. The Wilhelm University had been renamed as the University of Berlin. Du Bois spent two years studying at the Wilhelm University; he focused his studies on history, politics, and economics. Unable to meet the residency requirements, He was unable to finish his degree at the university. Du Bois returned back to the United States in the summer of 1894, he begins to teach. The very first university that offered Du Bois a teaching position was Wilberforce University. Which is a black institution located in Ohio. At the university Du Bois taught languages and literature. He taught at the university for two years. While a professor at Wilberforce University, Du Bois contributed a lot to the field of sociology, which at the time was still a developing field. At Wilberforce University, Du Bois met his wife Nina Gomer, who was student at the university at that time. The two married in 1896, together they had two children. In 1895 Du Bois earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University.
Du Bois was the first African American to earn a doctoral degree from the Ivy League Institution. He received his Harvard doctorate in history. Du Bois doctoral thesis was called, "The Suppression of the African Slave Trade in America,”. Du Bois paper was published as a book. It became the very first book to get published by Harvard University Press in the year 1896. After completing his doctorate, Du Bois was offered a position to conduct a social study at The University of Pennsylvania. Du Bois was the first black man to hold such a position University of Pennsylvania. Du Bois worked under the guidance of Dr. Samuel Lindsay. Du Bois was a facility member, and but he did not lecture at the University. The concentration of the study was on the Seventh Ward in Philadelphia. Seventh Ward in Philadelphia was an area that had the largest population of blacks in the city of Philadelphia. Du Bois would going house-to-house analyzing the lives of the colored neighborhoods, then he would report his findings and