Read the excerpt from “w. e.b. du bois: social justice leader.” du bois graduated at the top of his high school class. with the of his community, he graduated from fisk university -- a historically black university -- in nashville, tennessee. he later went on to get a bachelor of arts and a doctorate -- two different degrees -- from harvard. he was the first african american student to earn a doctorate at harvard. which is the best objective summary of this excerpt? after excelling in high school, du bois graduated from fisk and harvard, and then earned his doctorate at harvard. with his trio of university degrees, du bois was the most intelligent man of his time. du bois was the first african american student to earn a doctorate at harvard. du bois attended fisk university in nashville after he graduated high school at the top of his class.