When I think of sociology in the modern era, I think of the theorists and theories that helped establish it, I think of my favorites William Edward Burghardt Du Bois or WEB DuBois and Talcott Parsons. I believe that these theorists have been instrumental in their contributions to this discipline and have been a driving force in the progress of sociology. Throughout this article I will give a biography of the theorists, their theories and critiques that I have found. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois or WEB DuBois was born February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, MA, where he also grew up. DuBois was an American civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, writer and academic. Dubois earned a bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, then attended Harvard University and became the first African American to receive a doctorate in 1895. In his first work, "The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study", he introduced his famous concepts, the "Talented Tenth", to describe the elite group of black community leaders, he then reduced this group to the "Guiding Hundredth" and urged them to lead a revolution Marxist economics with the aim of improving the status of black people in the world. America. He also believed that "the problem of the 20th century was the problem of the color line." So when this line no longer limits society's ideals, not only African Americans but also whites will prosper together. All his efforts were aimed at achieving equal and fair treatment for black people, debunking and presenting evidence to disprove the myths of racial inferiority in an era when whites dominated. I have no real criticism of his theory, other than the fact that DuBois called on blacks to organize and unite around their... middle of paper ... to the extent that he did so within his liberal ideology. . (nd). Classic sociological theory | . Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072824301/student_view0/chapter10/chapter_summary.htmlChapter 7, Chapter Summary. (nd). Sociological theory | . Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072817186/student_view0/chapter7/chapter_summary.html “NAACP History: WEB Dubois.” NAACP. Np, and Web. May 13, 2014. Talcott Parsons. (nd). About.com Sociology. Retrieved May 14, 2014 from http://sociology.about.com/od/Profiles/p/Talcott-Parsons.htm William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. (2014). The website Biographie.com. Retrieved at 5:40 a.m. on May 14, 2014 from http://www.biography.com/people/web-du-bois-9279924.