W.E.B. Du Bois

"Following W.E.B. Du Bois from his birth in Massachusetts in 1868 to his death in Ghana in 1963, this concise encyclopedia covers all of the highlights of his life - his studies at Fisk, Harvard, and Berlin, his famous tiff with Booker T. Washington, his role with the NAACP and Pan-Africanism, his writings, his globe trotting, and his exile in Ghana. With contributions by leading scholars and a foreword by David Levering Lewis, the encyclopedia provides a complete highlighted overview of Du Bois' life, the events and personalities that influenced him, his intellectual contributions, and his activism."--BOOK JACKET.