The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University, who spent his lifetime studying race relations in America and was one of the founders of the NAACP, was ________.

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W. E. B. Du Bois was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University and was a prominent scholar and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. He co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and spent his life studying and writing about race relations in America. While Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver were also influential African American figures, they did not earn doctorates from Harvard University or co-found the NAACP. Benjamin Quarles was a historian and scholar, but he did not earn a doctorate from Harvard University or co-found the NAACP.

The First African American to Earn a Doctorate from Harvard