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Here is a a photo of Civil Rights Activist WEB DuBois, a famous Haitian American.

WEB (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois was a first Generation Haitian-American.

WEB DuBois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; his father Alfred Du Bois was Haitian.

WEB DuBois was an American civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian, author, and editor.

WEB DuBois earned a degree from Fisk University, a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee.

WEB DuBois entered Harvard College (one of the two undergraduate sections of Harvard University) in the fall of 1888 on a scholarship.

WEB DuBois earned a bachelor's degree cum laude from Harvard in 1890.

WEB DuBois was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the nation's first Intercollegiate fraternity for African American men.

WEB Du Bois became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University

WEB DuBois' family was rewarded extensive lands in the Bahamas for its support of King George III during the American Revolution.

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Haitian American Civil Rights Activist WEB DuBois became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963, at the age of 95.

WEB DuBois died that same year, August 27, 1963, in Accra, Ghana

WEB DuBois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, but his father is from

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