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.
Definition of orthopedic. 1  1 : of, relating to, or employed in orthopedics an orthopedic surgeon orthopedic shoes. 2  2 : marked by or affected with a skeletal deformity, disorder, or injury an orthopedic condition people with orthopedic problems.