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W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black experience – sociologist Elijah Anderson tells why it should be on more ...

A mural dedicated to Du Bois and the Old Seventh Ward is painted on the corner of 6th and South streets in Philadelphia. Paul Marotta/Getty Images Much of Philadelphia’s elite of the day believed that ...
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W. E. B. DuBois’ first senior class earned more than 800K in scholarships

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - W. E. B. DuBois Academy is saying congratulations and goodbye to its first graduating class on Tuesday. The school was founded in 2018 as an all-male school specifically for ...
Black Enterprise

Courtney B. Vance Narrates W.E.B. Du Bois Biography Audiobook

In Volume One of "W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race" audiobook, the actor will narrate the first five decades of the activist's life. Tony Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance will reintroduce the ...
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W.E.B. DuBois baseball team beating the odds, backed by community

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - One JCPS team is leaning into its fans in the stands to help them in a different way this year. A GoFundMe for the W.E.B. DuBois Academy baseball team is hoping to help the ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Penn holds second annual W.E.B. Du Bois lecture featuring sociologist Aldon Morris

The second annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science occurred on Feb. 23 at the Annenberg School for Communication. The lecture, which was held on Du Bois' birthday, honored his legacy as ...
Hyperallergic

W. E. B. Du Bois's Modernist Data Visualizations of Black Life

For the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, African American activist and sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois led the creation of over 60 charts, graphs, and maps that visualized data on the state of black ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Life to library; W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy lives in at UMass

On Feb. 13, a panel of sociologists and anthropologists briefly showed an introduction to the life and work of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (W.E.B Du Bois), the scholar and activist for whom the ...
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The W.E.B Du Bois statue will be unveiled next weekend. Here's what to know ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — A life-size statue of Civil Rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois has been set in place on a curved marble bench outside Mason Public library. But until its formal unveiling next week, the ...
The Courier-Journal

Construction begins on W.E.B. DuBois's new building. Here's what you should know

Project: W.E.B. DuBois Academy. Location: Between Thomas Jefferson Middle School and the George Unseld Early Learning Center. Description: Jefferson County Public Schools broke ground in April on what ...
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JCPS breaks ground on new $62 million W.E.B. DuBois Academy campus

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools broke ground Wednesday on a new W.E.B. DuBois Academy. It was a big celebration as district and school leaders officially kicked off the $62 ...
The Conversation

W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black experience – sociologist Elijah Anderson tells why it should be on more ...

Elijah Anderson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...