![]() ![]() He co-founded the Niagara Movement and then the NAACP to agitate for full equality between blacks and whites. Washington's advocacy of accommodation to segregation. Du Bois emerged as the most outspoken critic of Booker T. ![]() During the same period, racism was institutionalized under the Jim Crow system. Part One: Black Folk and the New Century (1895-1915)ĭu Bois' first sociological work, The Philadelphia Negro, and, even more, The Souls of Black Folk, examined the cultural and political psychology of the American African Diaspora. Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka narrate successive periods of Du Bois' life and discuss its impact on their work. His contributions and legacy have been so far-reaching, that this, his first film biography, required the collaboration of four prominent African American writers. Born three years after the end of the Civil War, Du Bois witnessed the imposition of Jim Crow, its defeat by the Civil Rights Movement and the triumph of African independence struggles.ĭu Bois was the consummate scholar-activist whose path-breaking works remain among the most significant and articulate ever produced on the subject of race. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B) Du Bois (1868-1963) offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history. Producer/Director: Louis Massiah, Writer/Narrators: Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka ![]() DU BOIS:A BIOGRAPHY IN FOUR VOICESĭVD,DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal ![]()
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