Category: African-American Men

Basic Information William Edward Burghardt DuBois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He is known as an American sociologist, a historian, author, editor, and an activist who was well renowned for his contributions as a Black intellectual leader throughout the beginning of the 20th century. He is also a founding member…

Basic Information Frederick Douglass was born in Cordova, Maryland on February 14th, 1818, as a slave. Douglass was known for his position in the women’s rights movement and his work with Abraham Lincoln in the abolition movement. Background Information Douglass was born into slavery, and was a slave until he escaped in 1838 to New…