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NAACP Founded Date
The NAACP was founded on Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday by a multiracial group of activists.
W.E.B. Du Bois Born
W.E.B. Du Bois, pioneering sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP, was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
W.E.B. Du Bois Dies
W.E.B. Du Bois, scholar, activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, died in Accra, Ghana, at age 95.
W.E.B. Du Bois Publishes The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois published "The Souls of Black Folk," one of the most influential works in African American literature.
NAACP Founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its first national conference in New York City.
First Pan-African Congress
W.E.B. Du Bois organized the First Pan-African Congress in Paris, advocating for the rights of Africans and people of African descent.
Niagara Movement Founded
W.E.B. Du Bois and other Black intellectuals formed the Niagara Movement to demand full civil rights for African Americans.