W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes


Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.


Citations

Du Bois, W. E. B. Prayers for Dark People. Edited by Herbert Aptheker, University of Massachusetts Press, 1980, p. 11.

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W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Born: February 23, 1868
  • Died: August 27, 1963
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Socialist, Socialogist, Historian, Activist

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.