February 23, 1863- born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
1888- graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee
1895- received a Ph.D. from Harvard University
1896- his doctoral dissertation, The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States
          of America, 1638-1870, was published
1896- conducts a research through University of Pennsylvania
1897- 1910- sixteen research monographs are published, Atlanta University’s Studies of the Negro Problem
1899- the first case study of a black community in the U.S., The Philadelphia Negro; A Social Study, is published
1900- he becomes leader of the first Pan-African Conference in London
1903- The Souls of Black Folk is published
1905- founded the Niagara Movement
1909- NAACP is founded.  DuBois becomes the association’s director of research and editor of the magazine The Crisis
1909- John Brown is published
1911- Quest of the Silver Fleece is published
1912- briefly joined the Socialist party
1915- The Negro is published
1919- sailed to France to represent the NAACP as an observer at the Peace Conference; architect of four Pan-African congresses that ended in 1927
1920- Darkwater is published
1924- The Gift of Black Folk and The Dark Princess are published
1934- resigned from the editorship of The Crisis and the NAACP
1935- Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part which Black Folk played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America 1860-1880, is published
1939- Black Folk, Then and Now is published
1940- Dusk of Dawn subtitled An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept is published
1944- returns to a research position at the NAACP until 1948
1945- associate consultant to the American delegation at the founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco
1946- The World and Africa is published
1951- identified with pro-Russian causes and was indicated as an unregistered agent for a foreign power
1957- Ordeal of Mansart, the first book in a trilogy called The Black Fame, is published
1959- the second book, Mansart Builds a School, is published
1961- Worlds of Color, the third book is published.  Joined the Communist party and moved to Ghana, Africa
1962- renounced American citizenship
August 27, 1963- W.E.B. DuBois died at the age of 95 in Ghana, Africa on the eve of the March on Washington

Awards & Honors
1932- Spingarn Medal from NAACP
1943- elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
1958- Lenin International Peace Prize
1930- Knight Commander of the Liberian Humane Order of African Redemption conferred by the Liberian Government; Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary conferred by President Coolidge; LL.D from Harvard University
1940- LL.D from Atlantic University
1938- Litt. D. from Fisk University
1940- L.H.D. Wilberforce University
-Honorary degrees from Morgan State College, University of Berlin, and Charles University

Primary Works
1896- The Philadelphia Negro
1896- The Suppression of the African Slave Trade (Harvard Ph.D. thesis)
1897-1910- Atlantic University’s Studies of the Negro Problem
1903- Souls of Black Folk
1909- John Brown
1911- Quest of the Silver Fleece
1915- The Negro
1920- Darkwater
1924- The Gift of Black Folk
1935- Black Reconstruction
1939- Black Folk, Then and Now
1940- Dusk of Dawn
1945- Color and Democracy
1931-1946- The Encyclopedia of the Negro
1946- The World and Africa
The Black Flame (a trilogy)
1957- Ordeal of mansart
1959- Mansart builds a School
1961- Worlds of Color

Resources Consulted

A Biographical Sketch of W.E.B. DuBois
http://www.duboislc.org/html/DuBois.html

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com

PBS online
http://www.pbs.org/whet/ihas/icon/dubois.html

Additional Information

The W.E.B. DuBois Virtual Library
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~cscpo/db.html

W.E.B. DuBois Resources
http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~souls/dubois.html

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
http://www.naacp.org

Heath DuBois Page
http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/dubois.html

The Debate Between Washington and DuBois
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/etc/road.html