Sociologist & activist

W. E. B. Du Bois

The first Black person to earn a doctorate at Harvard, co-founder of the NAACP, and author of The Souls of Black Folk. He died in Ghana the day before the March on Washington.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. He completed graduate work at Harvard University, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. He was a professor at Atlanta University and over the course of his life wrote many books and articles. He spent the last years of his life in Ghana and died in Accra on August 27, 1963.

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Born
1868-02-23, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday
Died
1963-08-27, Accra, GhanaA Tuesday, aged 95
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Pisces
Nationality
Ghana
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1868-02-23, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces4°24′Direct
MoonPisces5°36′Direct
MercuryPisces22°08′Direct
VenusAries9°54′Direct
MarsAquarius22°04′Direct
JupiterPisces16°32′Direct
SaturnSagittarius5°21′Direct
UranusCancer9°00′Retrograde
NeptuneAries13°18′Direct
PlutoTaurus14°15′Direct

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Death Chart

1963-08-27, Accra, Ghana · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Accrathe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo3°29′Direct
MoonSagittarius5°49′Direct
MercuryLibra0°31′Direct
VenusVirgo2°47′Direct
MarsLibra19°34′Direct
JupiterAries18°57′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius18°42′Retrograde
UranusVirgo5°31′Direct
NeptuneScorpio13°10′Direct
PlutoVirgo11°36′Direct

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