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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W.E.B. Du Bois as Self (archival footage)
Courtney B. Vance as Self
Jeffrey Wright as Self
Common as Self
Viola Davis as Narrator (voice)
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