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  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 8, 1915

    W. E. B. Du Bois

    The Birth of a Nation

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 8, 1915

    Du Bois used his influential role in the NAACP to oppose a variety of racist incidents. When the silent film The Birth of a Nation premiered in 1915, Du Bois and the NAACP led the fight to ban the movie, because of its racist portrayal of blacks as brutish and lustful.



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