Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois &amp; Sight Seeing Party, Charleston, South Carolina, 1917, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. W. E. B. Du Bois (center), Avery Principal Benjamin Cox (top row, fourth from left). Du Bois, a founding member and leader of the NAACP, visited Charleston in March 1917 to rally community support for the city
“Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois &amp; Sight Seeing Party,” Charleston, South Carolina, 1917, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. W. E. B. Du Bois (center), Avery Principal Benjamin Cox (top row, fourth from left). Du Bois, a founding member and leader of the NAACP, visited Charleston in March 1917 to rally community support for the city&#039;s newly formed NAACP branch. Teddy Harleston and other founding members of the Charleston branch met with Du Bois during his visit.  