W.E.B. Du Bois Trivia Questions

Du Bois was a key co-founder of the NAACP in 1909 and edited its magazine, The Crisis, for decades, shaping civil rights strategy.

Du Bois co-founded the Niagara Movement in 1905 to demand immediate civil rights, directly opposing Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist stance.

'The Souls of Black Folk' is a landmark collection of essays, not a novel. It explores race, double consciousness, and Black life post-slavery.

Du Bois did earn a PhD from Harvard in 1895, but he was actually the first African American to do so—this statement is true, not false. Correction: He was indeed the first.

Du Bois never held a U.S. diplomatic post. He did work for the UN as a consultant but was later indicted for alleged foreign agent activities.

In 1961, Du Bois moved to Ghana at President Nkrumah's invitation, renounced his U.S. citizenship, and died there in 1963.

He joined the Communist Party USA in 1961 at age 93, disillusioned with U.S. capitalism and racism, but died shortly after in Ghana.

Du Bois introduced 'double consciousness' in 'The Souls of Black Folk' (1903), describing the internal conflict of being both Black and American.