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Definition of Du Bois
1. Noun. United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963).
Generic synonyms: Civil Rights Activist, Civil Rights Leader, Civil Rights Worker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Du Bois
Literary usage of Du Bois
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"EMIL Du Bois-REYMOND. 1818—1896. " With intellectual leanings impelling me in
almost equal degree in various directions of natural knowledge, it has been my ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In combating the paralyzing idea of a ' vital force,' none was as energetic, none
as persévérant as du Bois-Reymond. Only recently the old warrior in ..."
3. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Du Bois.—Campbell. — Theodore Hook. — Mat hews. — James and Horace Smith.—Fuseli.
... Du Bois was one of those wits, who, like the VOL. II. ..."
4. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1889)
"It has assumed great importance in the Theory of Functions developed by Weierstrass
and his followers. t Both due to Du Bois-Reymond. See Math. Ann., iv. ..."
5. Lectures on the Calculus of Variations by Oskar Bolza (1904)
"In order to answer this question, we return to the equation oJ-0 in the original
form (7) and, with Du BOIS-REYMOND and ..."
6. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1917)
"4 Coleman and Du Bois: Arch. Int. Med., 1914, xiv, 168. ... "Du Bois: Archiv.
Inter. Med., 1916, xvi, 887. 18 Coleman and Du Bois: Arch. Int. Med., 1915, ..."
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