The origin of the term โ€œdouble consciousnessโ€

W. E. B. Du Bois (1868โ€“1963) was an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and public intellectual. He was a pioneering advocate for racial justice and one of the principal architects of the early National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His concept of โ€œdouble consciousnessโ€ transformed the study of race, identity, and American …