Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (1868–1963)
- Available online 17 February 2015
Summary
This article is reproduced from the previous edition, volume 6, pp. 3885–3555, © 2001, Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract
This essay presents a brief survey of W. E. B. Du Bois’ (1868–1963) long life and prolific scholarship. It includes details of his education, travel, and changing political opinions. A selection of his many publications is discussed and there are some speculations about the intellectual influences from both Europe and North America that guided his thinking. His career inside and outside the academy is considered along with his continuing impact on scholarly writing in the social sciences and the humanities.
Keywords
- Elitism;
- Idealogical;
- Nationalism;
- Pan Africanism;
- Pragmatism;
- Socialism;
- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
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Frederick Douglass and the early social psychology of racial oppression
Abstract
Frederick Douglass brought an extraordinarily logical mind, breadth of historical and social science knowledge, commitment to discovery and expression of truth, and keen observation to analysis of race and gender relations and scientific racism in the United States. Douglass's social psychology of racism and liberation is more insightful and modern than that of his American contemporaries, and not equaled until the middle of the 20th century. Similarities between the major turn-of-the-century African American sociologists and “students of sociology,” Anna Julia Cooper, W.E.B. DuBois, Kelly Miller, Mary Church Terrell, and Ida B. Wells and other evidence strongly suggests that Frederick Douglass had a strong influence upon certain aspects of their thought, that Douglass may be considered to be the anchor of the White racism emphasis in Afro-American sociological thought. Based upon this analysis it is recommended that Afro-Americanists take several steps to appropriately review and evaluate Douglass's thought in planning research and teaching.
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