Josie and W.E.B. Du Bois | Hope in the Struggle

Josie Johnson expresses how thrilled she was to follow in the footsteps of well-known sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois when she attended Fisk University. Not only did she attend Fisk like her hero, she also worked with the NAACP, which Du Bois co-founded in 1909. 

Learn about other Black scholars, artists, and political leaders who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and whose lives overlapped with Johnson’s with the Josie, WEB, and HBCUs Activity. 

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