W.E.B Du Bois

The American Negro Exhibit was created by W.E.B. Dubois and first appeared in the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, where it received seventeen awards. It presented a collection of materials to illustrate the progress of the Negro race in the United States since emancipation from slavery in 1863.

W.E.B Du Bois was born in Massachusetts and was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.