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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
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)
W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes