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W.E.B. Du Bois’ Childhood 

Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on February 23, , Du Bois’ birth certificate has his name as “William E. Duboise.” Two years after his birth his father, Alfred Du Bois, left his mother, Mary Silvina Burghardt.

Du Bois became the first person in his extended family to attend high school, and did so at his mother’s insistence.

In , Du Bois began to write articles for papers like the New York Globe and the Freeman.

Education of W.E.B. Dubois

Du Bois initially attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, a school for Black students.

His tuition was paid by several churches in Great Barrington.

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Du Bois became an editor for the Herald, the student magazine.

After graduation, Du Bois attended Harvard University, starting in and eventually receiving advanced degrees in history. In , Du Bois worked towards a Ph.D.

at the University of Berlin until his funding ran out.

He returned to the United States without his doctorate but later re