http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/duboisopedia/ 2010-11-16T01:37:32-05:00 http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/duboisopedia/ http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/duboisopedia/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-11-08T14:38:57-05:00 rscox http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/duboisopedia/doku.php?id=about:duboisopedia&rev=1289245137&do=diff Pioneering sociologist, historian, novelist, playwright, and cultural critic, W. E. B. Du Bois committed his life to a relentless opposition to racial and social injustice. Without ever seeking a mass following, he was a peerless organizer who helped to found both the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, and who fostered several Pan African Congresses. For years, he was editor of The Crisis and other progressive journals, and was an international spokesperson for peace and the rights of oppressed min…