William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pípè /duːˈbɔɪs/ doo-BOYSS; Osu Keji 23, 1868 – Osu Kejo 27, 1963) je ara Amerika to je alakitiyan awon eto araalu, Pan-Afrikanisti, onimo oro-awujo, olukowe itan, oludako, ati olootu. David Levering Lewis to je olukowe itan koole pe, "Nigba ajo ise re fun ojo pipe, W. E. B. Du Bois gbiyanju gbogbo ojutu to se e se si isoro iseleyameya orundun ogun —igbowo eko, propaganda, ilopo, ipinu funraeni tomoorile-ede, awon eto omoniyan, isepinya asa ati okowo, iselu, isekomunisti kariaye, ikoreyinodi, itileyin orile-ede agbaye keta." Du Bois pari eko re ni Harvard, nibi to ti gba iwe-eri omowe (Ph.D) ninu Itan; leyin re o di ojogbon itan ati oro-okowo ni Atlanta University. O di olori Egbe Omoorile-ede fun Iresiwaju awon Eniyan Alawo (NAACP) ni 1910, o si di oludasile ati olootu iwe-olosoosu NAACP The Crisis.