W.E.B De Bois

           William Edward Burghardt De Bois, W.E.B De Bois, was born on Febuary 23,1868 in Great Barrington Massachusetts. He was a historian, sociologist, civil rights activist author and editor. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate.  De Bois was inspired by the Sam Hose murder, carried out by a lynch mob in 1899. " One could not be calm cool, and detached scientist while Negroes were lynched, murdered, and starved." Be Bois exclaimed after coming across the burned knuckles of Sam Hose in a  storefront display. " The cure wasn't simply telling people the truth, it was inducing them to act on the truth."
            In 1903, De Bois wrote a collection of 14 essays called 'Souls of a Black Folk.' He writes in the introduction of the book, "...the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line." In the following years after the publishing of ' Souls of a Black Folk', Be Bois stubbornly opposed the idea of superiority of whites and outspokenly supported women's rights. During the year of 1909, De Bois co-founded the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and served as the editor of ' The Crisis', it's monthly magazine.
            Throughout the beginning half of the 20th century Be Bois worked as an educator, lecturer, and an author. The teachings of De Bois were a very important part of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50's and 60's. At the age of 95 on August 27, 1963, De Bois died while working on an encyclopedia of the African Diaspora.

Transcontinental RR- Dealing With Workers: Lexi Cole

Dealing With Workers

On June 25, 1875, the demand for higher wages and shorter work hours sky rocketed. The Chinese workers demanded $40 per month than their normal pay of $35, and only 10 hours of work daily. Two days after, the Chinese laborers demand went up to $45. " If there had been that number of white laborers...it would have been impossible to control them." E.B. Crocker and another CP executive were fearful of the fact that their work may be forever disabled. If the starving Chinese laborers continued with their work they would only be fined a small amount, but if they kept with their demands they wouldn't receive their pay for the month.

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