Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement. 1  Today on the birthday of pioneering civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, we take a look at his rivalry with Booker T. Washington and how both leaders and their clashing ideologies paved the way for the modern Civil Rights Movement in America.
Definition of orthopedics for English Language Learners. medical : a branch of medicine that tries to prevent and correct problems that affect bones and muscles.
An orthopedic surgeon, also known as an orthopedist, is a medical doctor certified within this specialty to, in general, prevent and correct problems or injuries with the musculoskeletal system. The variety of treatments performed by an orthopedic surgeon is very large.