W.E.B. DuBois, Historian, Sociologist, and Black protest leader,
was one of the most influential Black leaders of the 20th
century. He was among the civil rights pioneers who used their
scholarly skills to advance the cause of Black Americans. DuBois
was born in 1868 in Barrington, Mass., where he completed high
school. He received a B.A. degree from Fisk University in 1888,
and a second B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1888. He went
on to earn M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. As a
social scientist, he authored more than 20 books and over 100
scholarly articles.