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Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to Alfred and Mary Silvina Burghardt Du Bois. [3] Mary Silvina Burghardt's family was part of the very small free black population of Great Barrington and had long owned land in the state.
Yolande's daughter, Du Bois Williams, married Arthur Edward McFarlane, Sr., and had a son, the first male born in the Du Bois family since Burghardt in 1897 (that child had died tragically at 18 months of age and was the topic of a chapter in W.E.B. Du Bois' most famous book, The Souls of Black Folk). Arthur Edward McFarlane, II, was born ...
DuBois won Emmy Awards for her voiceover work on the animated program The PJs in 1999 and 2001. DuBois, along with the other cast members of Good Times, received the Impact Icon Award at the 2006 TV Land Awards. [31] In 2000, DuBois served as grand marshal for the North Amityville Community Parade and Festival Day in Amityville, New York. [32]
Dubois (/ d ʊ ˈ b w ɑː / duu-BWAH; also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include:
The W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite (or W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite) is a National Historic Landmark in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, commemorating an important location in the life of African American intellectual and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963). The site contains foundational remnants of the home of Du Bois's ...
Caroline Dubois and her brother Daniel are taking sibling rivalries to new levels. The undefeated Olympian (10-0, 5 KOs) makes the first defense of her WBC lightweight title when she faces ...
The groundbreaking for the new W.E.B. DuBois Academy on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The $62 million building will serve middle and high school boys who learn from an Afrocentric curriculum. The ...
She gave birth to a son, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, on February 23, 1868. [1] Her husband abandoned her and her son in 1870. [5] [3] Du Bois moved, with her son, back to the home of her parents in Great Barrington, where they lived until her son was five years old. They attended First Congregational Church of Great Barrington. Du Bois ...