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what provided the immediate impetus for the niagara movement
The Niagara Movement's beginnings may be traced to the publication in 1903 of The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.
What was covered in W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk?
The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal work in the history of sociology and a cornerstone of African-American literature containing several essays on race.

Question: Is the author famous?
Self-contained rewrite: Is W. E. B. Du Bois famous?