Citation

Morris A. Br. J. Sociol. 2017; 68(1): 3-16.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, London School of Economics and Political Science, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1468-4446.12241

PMID

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Abstract

I am honoured to present the 2016 British Journal of Sociology Annual Lecture at the London School of Economics. My lecture is based on ideas derived from my new book, The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology. In this essay I make three arguments. First, W.E.B. Du Bois and his Atlanta School of Sociology pioneered scientific sociology in the United States. Second, Du Bois pioneered a public sociology that creatively combined sociology and activism. Finally, Du Bois pioneered a politically engaged social science relevant for contemporary political struggles including the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement.

Keywords

Atlanta School; scientific sociology; sociological discrimination and marginalization; sociological theory; W. E. B. Du Bois