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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Born: February 23, 1868
Died: August 27, 1963 (aged 95)
Bio: William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community.
Known for:
- The illustrated Souls of Black folk (1903)
- The Negro (1915)
- The Philadelphia Negro (1899)
- Black Reconstruction (1935)
- Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil (1920)
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