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.
Orthopedic doctors are medical experts who focus on repairing injuries to the musculoskeletal system, including the spine and major joints. There are multiple branches of orthopedics and as a result doctors can do a wide variety of things.