Mondays at Beinecke: W. E. B. Du Bois in New Haven and in the Archives

Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, one of America’s greatest intellectuals and activists and a pre-eminent figure for civil rights in America and the global Pan-African movement, was born 155 years ago on February 23, 1868, and died 60 years ago, on August 27, 1963. Du Bois had many New Haven connections: his grandparents lived and were buried here, his wife Shirley Graham is a Yale Drama graduate, his close confidants included New Haven’s George Crawford, he published a book with the Knights of Columbus, and in 1941 he donated a significant set of his papers to Yale. Michael Morand, Beinecke Library’s director of community engagement will highlight these New Haven connections and the Du Bois collection on campus.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3XPuh64
Mondays at Beinecke online talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and question and answer beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm.