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DU BOIS
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• DU BOIS (noun)
The noun DU BOIS has 1 sense:
1. United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
Familiarity information: DU BOIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Du Bois; W. E. B. Du Bois; William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Instance hypernyms:
civil rights activist; civil rights leader; civil rights worker (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)
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