AASP 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Booker T. Washington, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: African American Studies
• Course: AASP 100
• Professor: Shane Walsh

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His book the souls of black folks was a groundbreaking work. Described as the most influential book about black american life since uncle tom"s. Born in great barrington, ma february 23, 1868 august 27, 1963. Got his ba from fisk university (hbcu in nashville, tn) Earned first phd from harvard university for a black american. The following year, he enrolled as a doctoral student at one of berlin"s oldest universities, Friedrich-wilhelms university, which is now called humboldt university. Web dubois was not just a writer. Also was a sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist. When he began his college teaching career at atlanta univ in 1897 he was a professor in three subjects: history, economics and sociology. During his lifetime, du bois wrote 21 books and edited 15 others, and he published more than 100 essays and articles. Very early civil rights group. ( july, 1905) Had their first meeting on the canadian side of niagara falls.