W.E.B. Du Bois at Paris Exposition, 1900 Pioneering sociologist, historian, novelist, playwright, and cultural critic, W. E. B. Du Bois committed his life to a relentless opposition to racial and social injustice. Without ever seeking a mass following, he was a peerless organizer who helped to found both the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, and who fostered several Pan African Congresses. For years, he was editor of The Crisis and other progressive journals, and was an international spokesperson for peace and the rights of oppressed minorities.

A son of Massachusetts, Du Bois articulated the strivings of African Americans and demonstrated the significance of Black culture before a world audience.

The following list includes links to resources in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at UMass Amherst relating to W.E.B. Du Bois, his life, and legacy.

• The Du Bois Papers
  • Finding aid [pdf]
  • Microfilm and Print Editions of the Du Bois Papers
  
   
• Du Bois' Life and Legacy
  • Concise Biography
  • Chronology of Du Bois' Life
  • Naming the Du Bois Library
    The story of how the library tower at UMass Amherst got its name.
  
   
• Digital Collections and Media

  Digital Du Bois Home for e-books and articles by Du Bois and links to other digital resources in SCUA and elsewhere.	Du Bois Image Galleries Scans of over 850 photographs from the Du Bois Papers, depicting Du Bois, his family, friends, and images associated with the Crisis.
  Selected essays by W.E.B. Du Bois Short works by Du Bois on education, suffrage, and war.	Du Bois homesite dedication, 1969 Video (.wmv format) of the dedication ceremonies for the site of W.E.B. Du Bois' home in Great Barrington, Mass., 1969. Narrated by Ossie Davis and including speech by Julian Bond.
  Niagara Movement Archive Approximately 125 letters and other documents pertaining to the history of the Niagara Movement, 1905-1910.

  
   
• Exhibits and Other Sites
  • Du Bois: The Activist Life
  • Du Bois Traveling Exhibit
    An exhibit on the life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois available to schools, museums, and archives.
  • The Exhibit of American Negroes
    An on-line exhibit on Du Bois and the Paris Exposition of 1900, by Eugene Provenzo.
    
     
  • W.E.B. Du Bois Global Resource Collection
  
   
• Partners
  • Anthropology Field School, UMass Amherst
  • Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
  • Du Bois Homesite, Great Barrington, Mass.
  • Friends of the Du Bois Homesite