1. He founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
2. He wrote papers on the welfare and problems faced by the African Americans after the Civil War. Two of his important papers or books are: The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899) and The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
3. First African American to earn his PhD from Harvard University (1895)
4. Spokesman for women's rights