At last, images of civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois take their place in Town Hall
This year marks the 150th birthday of perhaps the most famous figure in Great Barrington history. The legendary scholar and civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois was born Feb. 23, 1868, so next year will mark what would have been his 150th birthday. In his honor, the town and Du Bois organizations are planning a […]
Notes On A Native Son
Great Barrington finally embraces W.E.B. Du Bois On a Tuesday morning this past October, a handful of people—press, local officials, educators, activists—gathered at the town hall in Great Barrington to witness the presentation of two large, framed photos. One was a blown-up copy of a birth certificate for William E. Du Bois, born in the […]
Our Opinion: Du Bois gets his due in Great Barrington
As we approach the 150th anniversary of the birth in Great Barrington of W.E.B. Du Bois, it’s encouraging to see the community fully embracing this towering intellectual, civil rights activist — this native son. A large, framed photo of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois will now hang permanently on a prominent wall in the stairwell […]
W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy finds a home in Great Barrington’s Town Hall
GREAT BARRINGTON — Almost 150 years after his birth here, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois is about to get what people say are his long-overdue props around town. And many more are on the way. The first stop in this effort was Town Hall on Tuesday. And it began with a large photo of W.E.B. […]
Civic group aims high for celebration of Du Bois’ 150th birthday
Great Barrington — A wide-ranging group of volunteers met in Town Hall this past weekend to discuss a blowout celebration for the 150th birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois, the civil rights pioneer and Great Barrington native. The committee is looking to aim high. Among the considerations was the possibility of inviting Michelle and Barack Obama […]
Our Opinion: NAACP leader fighting Du Bois’ familiar fights
The battle against bigotry that Great Barrington native W.E.B. Du Bois, a founder of the NAACP, fought for decades is now being fought by NAACP President Cornell Williams Brooks. It’s fitting then, that Mr. Brooks would speak Wednesday at Bard College of Simon’s Rock’s W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Lecture in Great Barrington. Mr. Du Bois […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer to launch W.E.B. Du Bois Educational Series
Genius is to be prized, says historian and biographer, David Levering Lewis, and W.E.B. Du Bois was an extraordinary mind. The author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies of the civil rights pioneer will present “Du Bois’ Long Road Back to Great Barrington” as inaugural keynote speaker at the W.E.B. Du Bois Educational Series. The free […]
