W. E. B. Du Bois
A prominent sociologist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, known for his concept of 'double consciousness' and studies of race in America.
Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
The Talented Tenth rises and pulls all that are worth the saving up to their vantage ground.
Lord of the rainbow, Lord of the sun, Lord of the sky and the sea, Born of eternity, guide Thou my way.
There is but one American problem: the problem of the color line.
The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defence.
I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.
The life of the Negro in America is a paradox.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Peace is the fortunate result of a wise and just policy.
The future of the Negro race depends upon the education of the Negro.
I am resolved to make my mark.
The world must be made safe for democracy.
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting shields, but as sources of humiliation and subjection.
We will not be satisfied to take one jot or tittle less than our full manhood rights.
The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth.
I believe in God who made of one blood all races that on earth do dwell.
The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's colors feels like a new vesture of purity.
A system that seeks to make the Negro lose hope in the power of the ballot is as much a fortress of tyranny as any medieval castle.
The soul of the twentieth century is the soul of the Negro.
We have striven for nearly half a century to come near to you.
The right to vote is the gateway to all other rights.