Du Bois Forum celebrates teachings and legacy of author David Levering Lewis | The Berkshire Edge
The Du Bois Forum, at Jacob’s Pillow on Friday, July 7, 2023, honored two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian David Levering Lewis.
A Mighty Mission | Berkshire Magazine
Written by Kendra Taira Field W.E.B. DU BOIS AND THE BLACK BERKSHIRES, THEN AND NOW I FIRST CAME TO KNOW W.E.B. Du Bois as a young person. Driving through western Massachusetts in the 1980s, my dad would pull off in Great Barrington, and point out its significance to me as Du Bois’s homeplace. David Levering […]
Heritage and history found along the journey with the African American Trail Project | Boston Globe
Written by James Sullivan Walls are divisive. There’s this side and there’s that side. We’ve exhausted an awful lot of energy in recent years on the need for walls: debating which people are free to cross the line between one place and another, and which are not. Sometimes, however, a wall can be a bridge. […]
Black History Trail Makes 200 Stops Across Massachusetts | The New York Times
Written by Katharine Q. Seelye MEDFORD, Mass. — During Black History Month, Massachusetts likes to point out its reputation as the enlightened 19th-century hub of the abolition movement. The state was one of the first to end slavery, long before the 13th Amendment formally banned it nationwide in 1865. Less well known is that Massachusetts […]
