W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, writer and co-chairman of the U.S. delegation, addresses the World Congress of Partisans of Peace at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, France, on April 22, 1949.

The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University is the nation's oldest research center dedicated to the study of the history, culture, and social institutions of Africans ...

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar accepted his W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at the Harvard University Hutchins Center Honors W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony on Thursday afternoon.

On Oct. 6, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Studies honored seven individuals who have worked to advance the African American community with the W.E.B. DuBois Medal — Harvard ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard University choir group that rejected author W.E.B. Du Bois when he was a student because he was black will celebrate his work through a musical tribute.

Nas is named as one of the 2015 recipients of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Medal. This honor acknowledges those who had made significant contribution to the history, culture, intercultural ...

On this day in history, Aug. 27, 1963, W.E.B. Du Bois — who grew up in Massachusetts and became a prominent sociologist, author, activist and co-founder of the NAACP — died at age 95.

Two years ago, Harvard established the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship in honor of the rapper, and most recently, he was awarded the university’s W.E.B. DuBois medal from the prestigious school ...