All of the following are true of the life and work of W.E.B. Du Bois except one. Which statement is false?
A. He was the first African American to obtain a PhD from Harvard.
B. He founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
C. In addition to being a scholar, he was also a prominent political activist and civil rights leader.
D. His most famous work The Souls of Black Folks was published in 1973.