W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

American Masters, committed to producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.

Season 40 Episode 4 | 112m 45s | CC

Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.

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