The term 'DUBOIS' TALENTED GROUP' refers to W.E.B. Du Bois' TALENTED TENTH, a GROUP of African-American intellectuals and activists who were part of the early civil rights movement. The GROUP was named after the idea proposed by Du Bois in 1903 that only a select GROUP of African-Americans, the 'TALENTED TENTH, ' should be educated and trained to lead the rest of the African-American population. The GROUP was composed of prominent African-American leaders such as Mary McLeod Bethune, James Weldon Johnson, and Booker T. Washington. The TENTH in the crossword solution is referring to this GROUP.