W.E.B Du Bois

Part I of Essay
"One ever feels his two-ness. An American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two warring ideals in one dark body whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." This was how William E. B. Du Bois described how it felt to be a Negro in the beginning of the t ....

Part II of Essay
.... grew he realized some people thought that his black skin was a disadvantage. In high school, his teachers encouraged him as a student and school work always came easy to him. Du Bois excelled in Latin and Greek and participated in active discussions about the meaning of Love and Life. At the age of 15, William began to write weekly columns in the New York Globe and Springfield Republican. Attending Harvard was W.E.B.'s longtime dream, however after receiving a scholarship to Fisk University in Nashville he gladly accepted. Du Bois ....