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- Although Du Bois took an advanced degree in history, he was broadly trained in the social sciences; and, at a time when sociologists were theorizing about race relations, he was conducting empirical inquiries into the condition of Blacks.
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May 29, 2024 · What did W.E.B. Du Bois write? W.E.B. Du Bois’s notable works include The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899), the first case study of a Black community in the United States; a collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk (1903), a landmark of African American literature ; Black Reconstruction (1935); and the autobiography Dusk of Dawn ...
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Sep 13, 2017 · In “Strivings of the Negro People” (1897b) and The Souls of Black Folk (1903a), Du Bois adduces the concept of double-consciousness to characterize the subjectively lived and felt experience of the Negro problem.
Oct 27, 2009 · The study is considered one of the earliest examples of statistical work being used for sociological purposes, with extensive fieldwork resulting in hundreds of interviews conducted door-to-door...
After completing graduate work at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and Harvard University, where he was its first African American to earn a doctorate, Du Bois rose to national prominence as a leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of black civil rights activists seeking equal rights.
Abstract. Throughout his life, W.E.B. Du Bois actively engaged the scientific racism infecting natural sciences and popular thought. Nevertheless, he also demonstrated a sophisticated and critical engagement with natural science. He recognized that the sciences were socially situated, but also that they addressed real questions and issues.
Jul 8, 2020 · We address how and why he fused natural scientific knowledge and the influence of physical environs into his social science, intertwining each with his broader intellectual and political aims. This investigation will offer a fuller understanding of the scope and aims of his empirical scholarship.
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), the civil rights activist and scholar, is increasingly studied in various academic fields. Political theorists have studied his views on democracy, especially voting, civil rights, and political equality and freedom ( e.g., Balfour 2011; Basevich 2018 & 2019; Gooding-Williams 2009 & 2017).
