*Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.* [*W.E.B. Du Bois*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10710.W_E_B_Du_Bois?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Historian, activist, and writer W.E.B. Du Bois (born February 23, 1868) cofounded the NAACP and wrote The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of essays that is considered a seminal work of African-American literature.