W.E.B. Du Bois travels with his granddaughter, known then as Yolande Du Bois Williams, in 1959. The only grandchild of the famous civil rights leader and scholar, Yolande Du Bois Irvin died in ...

But those Cold War ghosts appear to have dispersed. Now the town where the African American scholar, poet and civil rights architect was born and raised is entering its third year of embracing and ...

DU BOIS — The 36TH Annual Du Bois Center Fall Festival, set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, offers a variety of free entertainment to the community.

After 70 years, the details of W.E.B. Du Bois’ groundbreaking speech at the Southern Negro Youth Congress are a bit blurry in Dorothy Burnham's memory.