“On Being Crazy” by WEB DuBoisWilliam Edward Burghardt DuBois, also known as Web Dubois, was an African-American author and publisher in the late 1800s and 1900s. He composed many short stories in his time, but the one that stands out the most is the short story “Being Crazy.” Uses repetition, symbolism, phrasing, and realism to emphasize the meaning of the narrative. William Edward Burghardt DuBois was a sociologist, philosopher and black leader of the NAACP, and Martin Luther King Jr. once said that "history cannot ignore W.E.B. DuBois because history must reflect the truth and Dr. DuBois was a tireless explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths' (Martin Luther King). DuBois was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and had a happy childhood. However, later in his life, he became aware of the “vast veil” (history. com) that separated him and his fellow white students. Mary Burghardt DuBois was his mother and Alfred DuBois was his father. William's father left when he was young and he and his mother did not have enough money a stroke, he couldn't work much, so they had to live with his grandmother. DuBois was very educated and was at the top of his class in high school, but DuBois had many obstacles in his life. There was a lack of money, his mother was ill, racial barriers and later his mother died after he graduated from high school. His church raised money to pay his tuition. DuBois's desire to attend Harvard was still impossible because there was not enough money. He got help to attend Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee when he was sixteen. DuBois was also the “first black man to receive a doctorate from Harvard” (http://www.duboislc.org). After...... half of the document ......Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Web. February 18, 2014.Hynes, Gerald C. "A Biographical Sketch of W.E.B. DuBois." WEB DuBois Learning Center. NP, 2004. Web. February 18, 2014. “WEB DuBois: Sociologist, Philosopher, Black Leader.” The Life of WEB DuBois. NP and Web. February 16, 2014."WEB DuBois is born." History.com. A&E and Web Television Networks. February 18, 2014. "DuBoisweb.org: WEB Du Bois and Great Barrington." DuBoisweb.org: WEB Du Bois and Great Barrington. Berkshire Publishing Group, 2006. Web. 16 February 2014. B., Du Bois WE and Herbert Aptheker. Creative Writings by WEB Du Bois: A Play, Poems, Stories, and Playlets. White Plains, NY: Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1985. Print.WEB DU BOIS: A BIOGRAPHY IN FOUR VOICES. "California Newsreel - WEB DU BOIS: A BIOGRAPHY IN FOUR VOICES. NP, nd Web. March 21. 2014.