James Lee Dickey: An Analysis of One African-American's Leadership in Jim Crow Texas

Du Bois' Youth

W.E.B. Du Bois was born to mulatto parents in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1868. His family had been free for over a century and his youth was rarely marred severe prejudice. He attended white schools in Massachusetts and his superior test scores should have admitted him to the best universities. Unfortunately, most were barred to him because of his race.

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