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=__**W.E.B. Dubois**__=


 * Occupation-** His real name is William Edward Burghardt DuBois, but he goes by W.E.B. Dubois. He was the first African American to receive his doctoran from Harvard in his study, which was sociology. Other then being involved in NAACP, and being really big on segregation, he was also a Professor at the University of Atlanta. He taught economics. He was an all around good person. He was also known for being a writer; he wrote a famous book called, "The souls of Black Folk". It was about the treatment and struggle of African Americans. He was also a journalist, Editor, sociologist, Pan-Africanist, historian, and civil rights activist.


 * Position on Issue -** Dubois was against imperialism, so that made him an anti-imperialist. Since he was an anti-imperialist he believed in the fact that American was a self governed place, that was built off of freedom and justice. When he found out that the government was going annex the Philippines he said it was unconstitutional to do. He thought that because our country is built on self government but when the Philippines wanted it and we tried taking it over, that it wasn't right to do because we would take that away. He was definitely against the annexation of the Philippines.


 * List of reasons for interest in topic-**He was interested in this topic, because one he was anti-imperialist. He was all for freedom, and not being segregated, so he didn't feel the need for unnecessary violence. Since he was all for no segregation, he didn't like war with other cultures. He didn't want war between non-bordering lands, and he was big into Civil Rights. Him being against Colonialism he believed that no dependent country should be governed over a big power. He was a socialist. Dubois also feared loosing the U.S. Constitutional limitations of power to government, which could happen when a war would be started. Later in his life, he became a communist and drew conclusions about annexation, and how people should be against it.


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"William Gorman: W.E.B. Du Bois and His Work (May-June 1950)." //Marxists Internet Archive//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. .

Juan, E. San, and Jr.. "AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION | THE PHILIPPINES MATRIX PROJECT." //THE PHILIPPINES MATRIX PROJECT | Interventions toward a national-democratic socialist transformation//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. .

Dictionary.com (looked up colonialism and socialist)