Integrating Traditional and Academic Knowledge

Harvard’s First Black PhD: Part 2—W.E.B. Du Bois, From Social Scientist to Global Leader

Despite conducting groundbreaking social science research, W.E.B. Du Bois chose to leave the academy and become an activist, co-founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. What inspired him to make the change? And what can we learn today from his research, writing, and leadership?