https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71 Made with a little mischief en-us 2017-02-14 19:27:11 UTC 2025-11-02 19:13:28 UTC hello@padlet.com shale0207 https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154128280 William Edward Du bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was a leading African-American sociologist, writer, and activist. While attending Harvard University and other top schools, he studied with some of the most important social thinkers of his time. William Du Bois was a founding officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).  ]]> 2017-02-15 19:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154128280 jlett9743 https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154141121 https://youtu.be/TGOEED_MexI 
the video i researched is a mini biography of w.e.b Du bios life.  it explains how he was the founder of the NAACP and a leading African american activists ]]> 2017-02-15 19:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154141121 mwhit0235 https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154427208 Lincoln Steffens wrote the book "The Shame of the Cities" to report corrupt workings of political machines in the US. In his articles they show social and political effects of corruption in each city. Also in his articles he shows images of corruption and social struggles of the cities.]]> 2017-02-16 18:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154427208 dwats0242 https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154429817 Lincoln Steffans was a muckraker who exposed how the Government was mistreating Americans. He was exposing the government and later wrote a book called "The Shames Of cities" Basically exposing the government to the readers of his book. His famous quote was "One business man’s bribery was nothing but a crime, but a succession of business briberies over the years was a corruption of government to make it represent business." He was standing The Americans and help expose what the government was doing.]]> 2017-02-16 19:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dwats0242/829i80353g71/wish/154429817