Excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois
Jon Reese
4 Du Bois was one of the first male civil rights leaders to recognize the problems of gender discrimination. He was among the
first men to understand the unique problems of black women, and to value their contributions. He supported the women's
suffrage movement and strove to integrate this mostly white struggle. He encouraged many black female writers, artists, poets,
and novelists, featuring their works in Crisis and sometimes providing personal financial assistance to them. Several of his novels
feature women as prominently as men, an unusual approach for any author of his day. Du Bois spent his life working not just for
the equality of all men, but for the equality of all people.
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