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Meet Amazing Americans 社會運動家與改革家 杜博斯   (W.E.B. Du Bois)
 
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W.E.B.杜博斯與 NAACP

W.E.B. 杜博斯還是個大學學生時,他觀察種族歧視的種種現象並決定著手改善此一現象;在亞伯拉罕林肯的百年週年慶上,即1909212日,60位由黑人及白人市民 (包括杜博斯) 組成了 NAACP (美國有色人種促進會 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 的縮寫) 。當非裔美人努力爭取、確保他們的權利時,有時會引起白人及黑人間的暴力衝突。然而,NAACP 的創辦人們有不同於他人的見解,您知道是什麼嗎?


When W.E.B. Du Bois was a college student he observed racism and it made him want to do something about it. On the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1909, 60 black and white citizens, including Du Bois, formed the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The struggle of African Americans to secure their rights had sometimes led to violent confrontations between blacks and whites. The founders of the NAACP had a different idea. Do you know what it was?

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