William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

sociologist.... & some other things. grew up in relatively tolerant and integrated community

[William Edward Burghardt Du Bois @william_bois]

RIP 1868-1963

[William Edward Burghardt Du Bois @william_bois]

to be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

[William Edward Burghardt Du Bois @william_bois]

the cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

[William Edward Burghardt Du Bois @william_bois]

#cofounderofNAACP

[William Edward Burghardt Du Bois @william_bois]

congrats to myself for being the first african american to earn a doctorate

[William Edward Burghardt Du Bois @william_bois]

low key, i wasn’t messing with the oppression of black people & POC. nor was i messing w Booker T & his idea of succumbing to it