This item is in Very Good condition with a crease down the middle and a small tape repair on the back.
This item is a 1954 educational print advertisement published by the Detroit Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company that highlights the intellectual progress of African Americans and features W.E.B. Du Bois.
Key Details About W.E.B. Du Bois
- He was a pioneering sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist.
- He became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895.
- He helped co-found the NAACP to fight for equal rights and racial justice.
About the 1954 Publication
- It was part of a historical series sponsored by the Detroit Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company.
- The text details mid-20th-century statistics regarding Black college graduates, professionals, and writers in the United States.