African American History, NAACP leader W.E.B Du Bois, sepia-tone photo print on heavy cardstock. Created in the early 1990's for The American Heritage Galleries. 8" X 10". William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.  Born: February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, MA Died: August 27, 1963, Accra, Ghana Education: Harvard University (1895) Known for: The Souls of Black Folk, Black Reconstruction, The Crisis