W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (/duːˈbɔɪs/ doo-BOYSS;[1] February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) daa nyƐla America sociologist, socialist, historian, ni Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
Bi daa dƆƔi o la Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois daa zoola tiŋ shƐli din daa mali ninsalisili ka taƔiri n deeri niriba. O ni daa n naagi shikuru tuma Harvard University, ka o daa n nyƐ piligu gbansabinli Ŋun deeigi doctorate, Du Bois daa duhila zuƔusaa nti lebigi kpɛma n zaŊti Niagara Movement, laƔingu shɛli din daa bŋi n ti gbansabila ban bƆri equal rights. Du Bois mini o nyaandoliba daa zaƔisila Atlanta Compromise. Din lahi pahi, Du Bois daa kuli zala viɛnyeliga nbƆri full civil rights ka di daai kpaŊsi siasa polo, binshɛli o ni daa tiehi ni dini liebigi African-American intellectual elite. O daa bolila laƔingu maa the talented tenth, lahabali din yaƔili bƐni n pahi racial uplift, ka o tiehi ni gbansabila ban nyɛ Amɛrika nima daa bƆrila soya ni bi karim shikuru n chaŊ tooni ka lahi kpaŊsi bi toontali polo.
Du Bois daa nyɛla ŋun pahi ka bi pili the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1909 yuuni. Du Bois daa zaŋla o toontali di bƐ NAACP ni o zaŋ taƔi o niriba ka chɛ gaŋbu gaŊbu . After the First World War, he attended the Pan-African Congresses, embraced socialism and became a professor at Atlanta University. Once the Second World War had ended, he engaged in peace activism and was targeted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He spent the last years of his life in Ghana and died in Accra on August 27, 1963.
- ↑ Lewis, David Levering (1993). W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race 1868–1919. New York City: Henry Holt and Co. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4668-4151-2.
[Du Bois] would unfailingly insist upon the 'correct' pronunciation of his surname. 'The pronunciation of my name is Due Boyss, with the accent on the last syllable,' he would patiently explain to the uninformed.