W.E.B Du Bois

Activist

Quote: "The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame."

Biography: Du Bois was an African- American scholar and spokesperson. He was the first African American to graduate from Harvard with a PH.D. In his early childhood, he actually received encouragement from his white counterparts and teachers to go further in education and he did exactly that. He was a prominent voice in reconstruction error and later became a founder of the NAACP. (https://www.naacp.org/naacp-history-w-e-b-dubois/)