W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
Education and work are the levers to uplift the people.
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1963, Educator & Author, Co-Founder of the NAACP, The Crisis
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Bruce was the first Black to complete a full term in the Senate
While this had become so in the early 21st century, is was only true for people who had the ability to learn complex material. For those who were poor learners, employment was then getting more and more difficult, and for many people who were bot able to learn new material that was complicated, their willingness could not help them often. For the rest of the workforce, even a very good eduction would not ensure continual employment. Continuius learning to keep up with continuous change was necessary.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the Friedrich Wilhelm University (in Berlin, Germany) and Harvard University, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
