DuBois had a series of achievements, but his most noticeable one is founding the N.A.A.C.P, the rights that he was fighting for, and the books that he created, and he was honored in two countries. In 1905, he was the founder and general secretary of the Niagara Movement, which was advocating civil rights for blacks, but failed. In 1909, it turned into the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or the N.A.A.C.P. The main purpose of this organization was to put an end to discrimination and give blacks equal rights. DuBois ended up becoming the editor of The Crisis magazine, in which case he would often defend black’s rights. The organization would do everything in their power to try to give everyone equal rights, and just have a peaceful society. But, they did face lots of prejudice by a majority of the white community. Often times turning the debates, there would be lots of shouting and riots, for the whites did not think that blacks were considered human at the time, and that they didn’t deserve rights, or, as what Woodrow Wilson said, that they didn’t even deserve education. Brooker T. Washington just believed that the blacks should just deal with discrimination. DuBois founded out that the only way to go against discrimination and segregation, was agitation and challenging. He did this numerous times against both Washington and Wilson. Then, there was the rights he were fighting for, which were to uphold the 14th Amendment and the 15th. He strongly believed that blacks should be able to vote, for, the outcome of the election did greatly impact them as well. And, he also really wanted equal education. Finally, there are the many novels that he wrote, but one of his most famous was "The Souls of Black Folk". This book expresses DuBois's view on slavery, and the negative effect on society as well as his view of the leaders of his race. Even though these were passed years ago, no one really paid attention to them, so he did his best to make people aware of them, and try to follow the rules. He traveled to communist China and the Soviet Union where he was greatly honored, and, in 1959, received the Soviet Lenin Peace Price for strengthening world peace. Finally, there’s the lasting legacy that he left behind.
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