Burgess Owens - Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within...

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Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.

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Dubois war der erste schwarze Amerikaner, der Harvard absolvierte. Er wurde in den nördlichen weißen intellektuellen Kreisen als einer der besten seiner Rasse anerkannt. Als bekennender Sozialist war er das einzige schwarze Mitglied der ursprünglichen 19 wohlhabenden sozialistischen Gründer der NAACP.

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