W. E. B. DU BOIS NO CENTRO: DA CIÊNCIA, DO MOVIMENTO DOS DIREITOS CIVIS, AO MOVIMENTO BLACK LIVES MATTER

W. E. B. DU BOIS AT THE CENTER: FROM SCIENCE, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, TO BLACK LIVES MATTER

Abstract

I am honoured to present the 2016 British Journal of Sociology Annual Lecture
at the London School of Economics. My lecture is based on ideas derived from
my new book, The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern
Sociology.
In this essay I make three arguments. First, W.E.B. Du Bois and his Atlanta
School of Sociology pioneered scientific sociology in the United States. Second,
Du Bois pioneered a public sociology that creatively combined sociology and
activism. Finally, Du Bois pioneered a politically engaged social science relevant
for contemporary political struggles including the contemporary Black Lives Matter
movement.
Keywords: W. E. B. Du Bois; Atlanta School; scientific sociology; sociological
theory; sociological discrimination and marginalization