William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Quiz

Where was William Edward Burghardt Du Bois born?

• Great Barrington, Massachusetts

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Atlanta, Georgia

In which year did William Edward Burghardt Du Bois graduate from Fisk University?

• 1903

• 1888

• 1895

• 1896

What was the topic of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois' doctoral dissertation at Harvard University?

• The slave trade of the early American colonies

• The social sciences and racism in America

• The effects of personal life after the ratification of the thirteenth amendment

• The black American experience

Which organization did William Edward Burghardt Du Bois work for as a director of research and editor of their magazine?

• The Atlantic Monthly

• The Crisis

• The NAACP

• The Niagara Movement

What is the title of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois' book that is a collection of sociological essays about the black American experience?

• The Radical Communist

• The Strivings of the Negro People

• The American Climate of Racism

• The Souls of Black Folk

What is the concept introduced by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois in his book, The Souls of Black Folk?

• The effects of personal life

• Agitation and protest

• Social sciences and racism

• Double consciousness

Which organization did William Edward Burghardt Du Bois help establish after the Niagara Movement was brought down?

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics

• The NAACP

• Tuskegee University

• The Crisis

What was the stance of Booker T. Washington that William Edward Burghardt Du Bois strongly disagreed with?

• The importance of social sciences in ending racism

• Agitation and protest as the solution to racism

• Integration and equality for African Americans

• Separation of races in all aspects of life

What was the name of the organization that William Edward Burghardt Du Bois joined to seek justice and equality for African Americans?

• The Niagara Movement

• The NAACP

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Tuskegee University

Where did W.E.B. Du Bois complete his doctoral studies?

• Harvard University

• Yale University

• Princeton University

• Columbia University