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Summarizing Organizer
Identify 3 important
supporting details that
contribute to the main idea
of the passage.
Identify 2 details that are
not very important to the
main idea of the passage.
Write 1 brief paragraph
summarizing the main idea
of the passage. Use the
important details to
support your discussion of
the main idea.
Was a founding member of the naacp
aka for national association of
colored People
By he time he died he wrote 17
books, edited 4 journals and and
played a major in reshaping
black white relations
He served as an editor
Published several scholarly
works on relations
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a noted scholar,
editor, and African American activist. Du Bois was a
founding member of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP -- the largest
and oldest civil rights organization in America).
Throughout his life Du Bois fought discrimination and
racism. He made significant contributions to debates
about race, politics, and history in the United States in
the first half of the 20th century, primarily through his
writing and impassioned speaking on race relations.