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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.
Directed by Rita Coburn Whack
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Self (archival footage)

Courtney B. Vance
Self

Jeffrey Wright
Self

Common
Self

Viola Davis
Narrator (voice)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self

Nikole Hannah-Jones
Self
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