Birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois

Feb. 23, 1868

Birthday of W. E. B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois by James E. Purdy, 1907, gelatin silver print, from the National Portrait Gallery
From Wikipedia: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (/duːˈbɔɪs/ doo-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.