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W. E. B. Du Bois - Death

Time: Tuesday Aug 27, 1963

Place: Accra, Ghana

Details: Du Bois's health declined during the two years he was in Ghana, and he died on August 27, 1963, in the capital of Accra at the age of 95.

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