1951-02-27 American civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois (83) weds award-winning author Shirley Graham (54) in Queens, New York
Historical Events
1905-07-11 Black intellectuals and activists led by W.E.B. Du Bois organize the civil rights Niagara Movement
1910-11-01 First issue of "Crisis" published by editor W.E.B. Du Bois
1919-02-19 Pan-African Congress, organized by American civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois is held at the Grand Hotel in Paris, France
1934-06-26 W.E.B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP
1944-05-19 Writer and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois becomes 1st Black member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters
Quotes by W.E.B. Du Bois
"A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills." - Civil Rights
"The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?" - Democracy, Slavery
"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression." - Liberty, Repression
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