W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was a writer, civil rights activist, scholar, and editor who brought fundamental changes to American race relations through his writings, speeches, and public debates.
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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African... SEE MORE