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.
Orthopedics and the Musculoskeletal System. Orthopedics is the medical specialty of treatment of the musculoskeletal system. The musculoskeletal system includes bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and nerves. Orthopedic doctors will care for patients of all ages from newborn babies to the very elderly.