W.E.B. DuBois

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W.E.B. DuBois

Born: 2/23/1868 Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Died: 8/27/1963 Accra, Ghana

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community.

Business / Schooling:

Fisk University<br/>Harvard University<br/>University of Berlin

Awards / Achievements:

The NAACP awarded the Spingarn Medal to Du Bois in 1920.<br/>Du Bois was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize by the USSR in 1959.<br/>The site of the house where Du Bois grew up in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.<br/>In 1992 the United States Postal Service honored Du Bois with his portrait on a postage stamp. A second stamp of face value 32¢ was issued on February 3, 1998 as part of the Celebrate the Century stamp sheet series.

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Book review of ‘Being Property Once Myself’ –

BY DR. GLENN ALTSCHULER

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Spingarn Award: Henry A. Hunt

Spingarn Medal awarded to Henry A. Hunt, Principal, Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., for his pioneering work as an educator.

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Dec

19

1930

Spotlight on police unions puts labor community in a tough spot

The Boston Teachers Union drew fire from the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association in February over their support for the Black Lives Matter

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Spingarn Medal Given to Carl Murphy

Carl Murphy, publisher of the Baltimore Afro-American, awarded Spingarn Medal for his contributions as a publisher and civil rights leader.

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Dec

5

1955

Here's Your Juneteeth Playlist To Celebrate Black Joy

With her first release since the arrival of KIKI this spring, “Dear Mr. President” reinterprets P!nk’s version as an emotionally-charged protest message that calls out first lady Melania Trump for her silence as police brutality and systemic racism plague Black people across the

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Spingarn Medal; Roy Wilkins

Spingarn Medal presented to NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins for his contribution to the advancement of the American people and the national purpose.

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Dec

3

1964

Spingarn Medal: Jackie Robinson

Spingarn Medal awarded Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, first Black in the major leagues, for his conduct on and off the baseball field.

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Dec

27

1956

“‘We Must Do Better” Detroit’s Top Law Firms Stand Against Racial Injustice

Detroit’s leading law firms spoke out against racial injustice as the appalling deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, among many others, have sparked protests

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NEA Town Hall Tackles Race And COVID-19 Pandemic

That realization was at the heart of the National Education Association Tele-Town

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Mourners Bid Farewell to Rayshard Brooks at Historic Church

ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral filled with historical echoes and a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times

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How an African-American led a campaign to have 176-year-old slave auction block removed

Eventually, the block which sat at the corner of William and Charles streets with a small, ground level, bronze plaque reading: “AUCTION BLOCK, Fredericksburg’s Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property,” was removed by the City of Fredericksburg on Friday, June

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Spingarn Medal to Mabel K. Staupers

Spingarn Medal presented to Mabel K. Staupers for her leadership in the field of nursing.

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Dec

25

1951

Spingarn Medal: Alvin Ailey

Spingarn Medal presented to Alvin Ailey in recognition of his international pre-eminence in the field of dance.

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Dec

21

1976

Spingarn Award: Mordecai W. Johnson

Mordecai W. Johnson received Spingarn Medal for his work as the first Black president of Howard University.

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Dec

30

1929

Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the

Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the National Defense Program met with President Roosevelt. National Newspaper Publishers Association founded. Spingarn Medal presented to Dr. Louis T. Wright for his civil rights leadership and his contributions as a surgeon.

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Oct

25

1940

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas. Five whites and twenty-five to fifty Blacks reported killed. Seventy-six Blacks were reported lynched in 1919. Kansas City Call founded by Chester Arthur Franklin. Spingarn Medal presented to Archibald Grimke, President of the American Negro Academy and

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Oct

13

1919

Spingarn Award: Harry T. Burleigh

Spingarn Medal presented to Harry T. Burleigh, composer and singer, for excellence in the field of music.

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Dec

11

1917

Spend Juneteenth With Us | Afro

Juneteenth has always been a day for the Black community to gather in celebration, and at a moment like this, where our nation is forced to reckon with the consequences of its racist and bigoted systems, it’s important that we continue the tradition of gathering in purpose, power, and

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OWN celebrates Juneteenth with special programming June 19

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday with slate of special encore airings of programming on Friday, June 19 beginning at 3 p.m. ET/PT starting with the evocative original documentary “Dark Girls,” followed by “Light Girls” at 4:30 p.m. ET/PT, “Oprah

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Spingarn Medal: Robert C. Weaver

Robert C. Weaver, economist and government official was awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership in the movement for open housing.

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Nov

20

1962

Civil Rights Groups Ask Advertisers To Stop Buying Facebook Ads In July

Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its

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Atlanta Hawks Coach To Join NAACP’s Rayshard Brooks Protest After Police Killing

Following yet another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, killed at the hands of police on Friday June 12 in Atlanta, crowds of protestors, including Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce, are expected to march with the NAACP on Monday (June

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Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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W. E. B. Du Bois

William Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois (/d uː ˈ b ɔɪ z/ doo-BOYZ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and

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Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois

Throughout his career as a sociologist, historian, educator, and sociopolitical activist, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois argued for immediate racial equality for African-Americans. His emergence as an African-American leader paralleled the rise of Jim Crow laws of the South and the

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Feb

23

1868

Ghana's Minister of Tourism to Black Americans: 'come home to Africa'

Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Ghana memorial for George Floyd

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Here’s What You Can Watch, Hear And Celebrate On Juneteenth

From HBO streaming the first season of its timely Watchmen series—which centers its story on the aftermath of the Black Wall Street massacre—to Spotify dedicating their Times Square New Music Friday billboards to Black artists all day long, there’s a celebration for

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Spingarn Medal: Carter G. Woodson

Spingarn Medal awarded to Carter G. Woodson for ten years devoted service in collecting and publishing the records of the Negro in America.

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Jul

26

1926

Spingarn Medal:Dr.Theodore K. Lawles

Spingarn Medal presented to Dr. Theodore K. Lawles for his research on skin-related diseases.

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Nov

2

1954

Why So Many African-Americans Will Never Believe the Palmdale and Victorville Hangings are Suicides.

Though the FBI and the California Attorney General, and local investigators vowed to continue to probe the causes off their deaths, there was little reason to think that the official verdict on how the men died would change; namely death at their own

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