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Yolande Du Bois and the Weight of W.E.B. Du Bois's Dreams

4/21/2018

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In the 20th Century, W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the leading intellectuals of the movement to gain equality for African-Americans. His daughter, Yolande Du Bois, found much of her life shaped by her father's desire for his daughter to be the exemplar of the abilities and potential of African-Americans. In this episode, Elizabeth examines Yolande's life and to what it extent it was shaped by her father.

​Podcaster: Elizabeth

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Further Reading


David Levering Lewis, W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography, 1868-1963. 2009. 

W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folks, 1994. 

W.E.B. Du Bois Papers at UMass-Amherst.

For a more sympathetic view of Yolande, also see: Charles Smith's play, Knock Me A Kiss, originally produced in 2000, a fictional re-telling of Yolande and Countee's marriage.

​​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)

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