W.E.B. Du Bois

20th Century

Caribbean and American intellectuals—including W.E.B. Du Bois—hold the first Pan-African Conference in London, demanding rights for people of African descent…

• 1900 CE

  Pan-African movement begins

  Caribbean and American intellectuals—including W.E.B. Du Bois—hold the first Pan-African Conference in London, demanding rights for people of African descent worldwide. The movement plants intellectual seeds for African independence decades later.

• 1909 CE

  NAACP Founded

  A group of Black and white Americans came together to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP worked through courts and laws to fight racial discrimination and protect civil rights.