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W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was an American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist. The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. He rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks, and was one of the co-founders of the NAACP in 1909. He wrote one of the first scientific treatises in the field of American sociology, and published three autobiographies. Black Reconstruction in America (1935) challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that blacks were responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction era. On August 28, 1963, a day after his death, his book The Souls of Black Folk was highlighted by Roy Wilkins at the March on Washington, and hundreds of thousands of marchers honored him with a moment of silence. A year later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, embodying many of the reforms for which he had campaigned his entire life, was enacted. This gelatin silver print of Du Bois was taken in 1907 by the American photographer James E. Purdy, and is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.Photograph credit: James E. Purdy; restored by Adam Cuerden


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Check Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Poland/General.

  1. Polish order of precedence needs quick synching with pl:Precedencja;
  2. Add miliHelen to List of strange units of measurement,
  3. Expand User:Kpalion/Polish constitutions -- per request;


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Personal Information

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IM contact info:

  • ICQ# 13313592
  • Gadu-Gadu: 33713
  • Jabber: przemyslaw@plaskowicki.name

I am usually available on all those thanks to Miranda IM

Background

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I am a lawyer.

Mottos

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amicus <insert friend here>, sed magis amica veritas

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. — C.S. Lewis

To kill a man in a paroxysm of passion is understandable, but to have him killed by someone else after calm and serious meditation and on the pretext of duty honourably discharged is incomprehensible. -- Marquis de Sade about death penalty

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Pages under my care (sort of)

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Disclaimer

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Feel free to edit this page in order to remove spelling mistakes.

plPolski jest językiem ojczystym tego użytkownika.
en-2This user can contribute with an intermediate level of English.
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