On this day in history, August 27, 1963, civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois dies at age 95

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On this day in history, Aug. 27, 1963, W.E.B. Du Bois — who grew up in Massachusetts and became a prominent sociologist, author, activist and co-founder of the NAACP — died at age 95.

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