MarathonMike
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W.E.B. Dubois was a very complex and brilliant man. His thinking and philosophies seemed to change throughout his life. For example,
here is the primary reason for the rift between W.E.B. Dubois and the NAACP that ultimately led to his resignation. This is taken from a Harvard.edu article on the life of Dubois and what formed his philosophy of American Black Separatism:
"His visit to Liberia in 1923 and the Soviet Union in 1926, his subsequent study of Marxism, his growing awareness of Freud, and the challenges posed by the Great Depression all brought him to question the NAACP's largely legalistic and propagandistic approach to fighting racism. In the early 1930s Du Bois opened the pages of The Crisis to wide-ranging discussions of the utility of Marxian thought and of racially based economic cooperatives and other institutions in the fight against race prejudice. This led to increasing antagonism between him and his colleagues at the NAACP, especially the executive director Walter White, and to his resignation in June 1934."
here is the primary reason for the rift between W.E.B. Dubois and the NAACP that ultimately led to his resignation. This is taken from a Harvard.edu article on the life of Dubois and what formed his philosophy of American Black Separatism:
"His visit to Liberia in 1923 and the Soviet Union in 1926, his subsequent study of Marxism, his growing awareness of Freud, and the challenges posed by the Great Depression all brought him to question the NAACP's largely legalistic and propagandistic approach to fighting racism. In the early 1930s Du Bois opened the pages of The Crisis to wide-ranging discussions of the utility of Marxian thought and of racially based economic cooperatives and other institutions in the fight against race prejudice. This led to increasing antagonism between him and his colleagues at the NAACP, especially the executive director Walter White, and to his resignation in June 1934."