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

Overview

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.

Cast

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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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