Mr. De-bois was a mixed race man who was born in the U.S. in Massachusetts. His father was from Haiti, his mother came from Dutch slaves. De-bois was a leading black intellectual and was a social activist. He was involved with the Pan-African movement for a good part of his life.
At the end of his life, Du Bois embarked on an ambitious project to create a new encyclopedia on the African diaspora, funded by the government of Ghana. A citizen of the world until the end, the 93-year-old Du Bois moved to Ghana to manage the project, acquiring citizenship of the African country in 1961. Du Bois died in Ghana on Aug. 27, 1963, the day before the historic March on Washington and is buried here.
One of his many gowns from U.S. Universities.
This case holds copies of the encyclopedia of the African Diaspora.
He only lived in this house for two years. I took this photo because of the unique toilet and sunken bathtub.
Mr. De-bois with his second wife.
Pan-African flag colors. Two gifts Mr. Du-bois received.
Gift from Russia
The house has two libraries. His personal one and a public one.
The public library - you can use the books in the facilities only.
His tomb - draped with flags from U.S. universities he was associated with. His second wife's ashes are in an urn in the wooden box to the left.
The outside of the museum.
The memorial building.
Two ladies chat.
Looks like an interesting visit!
ReplyDeletesuch interesting history!! Really not something that is widely known
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