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   The name DuBois means ‘the woods’’ and it is an appropriate name for later generations settled in the New York area as well as the Pennsylvania frontiers and backwoods. The family of DuBois in the U. S., starts with Louie DuBois, a Huguenot born in northern France in 1626. Due to religious persecution, he brought his family, which ...

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2. www.huffpost.com › entry › celebrating-web-du-bois-aCelebrating W.E.B. Du Bois: A Towering Figure Who Died 52 ...

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   Aug 27, 2015 · From 1897 to 1910, Du Bois was professor of economics and history at Atlanta University. He founded and edited the journals Moon (1906) and The Horizon (1907-1910) as outlets for the Niagara Movement. The movement attracted some black socialists, and Du Bois--influenced by the writings of Henry George, Jack London, and others--described ...

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   Where was John Dubois buried?

   • Monument Hill, overlooking the Penn State DuBois Campus, has a history stretching back to May 5, 1886, the date of the death of John DuBois. The "Hill" is a single burial plot, which then looked down upon the DuBois Mansion. It is the resting place of John DuBois and later had a monument spire erected over the grave.

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   Who was Louie Dubois?

   • The family of DuBois in the U. S., starts with Louie DuBois, a Huguenot born in northern France in 1626. Due to religious persecution, he brought his family, which included two sons, to the New World in 1660. They settled around the Hudson River Valley in New York where DuBois and his wife had eight more children.

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   Who was John Dubois?

   • Born in Owego, N.Y., in 1809, he started in the lumber business at age 15 borrowing money from his family to buy a thousand acres of land. This led him to the developing and building of a large logging business near Williamsport, where today there is still a town called DuBois town.

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   Where did the DuBois family come from?

   • The DuBois family can be traced back in Europe as far back as the 9th Century. At that time it was considered a relatively old family; in fact, the house of DuBois is the oldest nobility in the French Empire with a DuBois accompanying William the First in England in his quest to conquer England.

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4. www.thecourierexpress.com › news › back-to-theBack to the beginning - the DuBois family history | News ...

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   Jul 29, 2022 · Monument Hill, overlooking the Penn State DuBois Campus, has a history stretching back to May 5, 1886, the date of the death of John DuBois. The “Hill” is a single burial plot, which then ...

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   W. E. B. Du Bois Portrait by James E. Purdy, 1907 Born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-02-23) February 23, 1868 Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S. Died August 27, 1963 (1963-08-27) (aged 95) Accra, Ghana Citizenship United States Ghana (from 1961) Education Fisk University (BA) Harvard University (AB, PhD) Friedrich Wilhelm University Known for The Souls of Black Folk (1903) Black ...

   • Born: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
   • Died: August 27, 1963 (aged 95), Accra, Ghana

   • Children: 2, including Yolande

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   Feb 2, 2018 · Anthony Monteiro, a DuBois scholar and former Temple University professor, leads the discussions at what is known as the Saturday Free School, and starting this month, the group will kick off the Year of W.E.B. DuBois, a program of public readings and symposiums around the city to celebrate the 150 th anniversary of DuBois's birth on Feb. 23, 1868.

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   W. E. B. Du Bois — sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor — died on Aug. 27, 1963 in Accra, Ghana. This was the eve of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom . When his death was announced, the immense crowd observed a minute of silence. In Accra, where he had lived since 1961, Du Bois was ...