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W.E.B. Du Bois
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American historian, sociologist and civil rights activist, the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard. His 1903 essay The Talented Tenth argued for rigorous liberal-arts higher education as the path to Black leadership and advancement, a position that shaped decades of debate with Booker T. Washington's industrial-education model.
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BirthplaceGreat Barrington, Massachusetts 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionArgued in The Talented Tenth (1903) that a liberally educated Black leadership class, not industrial training alone, was essential to racial advancement, placing him in direct debate with Booker T. Washington. 1 Notable WorkThe Souls of Black Folk (1903) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Du Bois's doctoral work at Harvard preceded his career as an educator and sociologist.
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Harvard University, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois, biography sectionQuote, Associated With: Harvard University, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois, biography section
in 1895, he was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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