Published on Modern American Poetry (http://modernamericanpoetry.org)

W. E. B. DuBois

Poet Description: 

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois is perhaps America’s single most influential black writer. His analytical and autobiographical The Souls of Black Folk (1903) introduced the defining concept of a racialized double-consciousness.

Race/Ethnicity: 
African [1]
Picture: 
W. E. B. DuBois portrait, 1918
Gender: 
Male [2]
Sexuality: 
Straight [3]
First Name: 
W. E. B.
Last Name: 
DuBois
Birth & Death Dates: 
Sunday, February 23, 1868 to Tuesday, August 27, 1963
School of Poetry: 
Harlem Renaissance [4]
Birth Place: 
Great Barrington , Massachusetts
United States
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Massachusetts US
Death Place: 
Accra
Ghana
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GH
Group visibility: 
Private - accessible only to group members
Source URL: http://modernamericanpoetry.org/poet/w-e-b-dubois

Links
[1] http://modernamericanpoetry.org/category/race-ethnicity/african
[2] http://modernamericanpoetry.org/category/gender/male
[3] http://modernamericanpoetry.org/category/sexuality/straight
[4] http://modernamericanpoetry.org/school-poetry/harlem-renaissance
[5] http://maps.google.com?q=42.195980+-73.362008+%28%2C+Great+Barrington%2C+MA%2C+%2C+us%29
[6] http://maps.google.com?q=%2C+Accra%2C+%2C+%2C+gh