W. E. B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who:

W. E. B. Du Bois worked to secure political and social equality for African Americans, including through activism and the NAACP. He opposed the accommodationist approach associated with Booker T. Washington. The Universal Negro Improvement Association and the “back to Africa” movement are associated with Marcus Garvey, not Du Bois.

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