A collaborative project to identify and interpret those sites in and around Great Barrington, MA
that were influential in the life of W.E.B. Du Bois.


Champion of civil rights and leader for world peace and freedom on the national and world stages, W.E.B. Du Bois began his life’s work in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

We are building the first destination in the United States to engage the public in Du Bois’s life and legacy.
We invite you to join us for
The ReadIn Series:
Online Reading Marathon of
Black Reconstruction in America
By W.E.B. Du Bois
Over 30 actors from stage and screen have given their time to voice this historical text which aired via YouTube Premiere beginning on the March on Washington 8/28 and culminated on Election Day 11/3.
See all of the episodes here!
The W.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site honors this influential African American · Great Barrington, Massachusetts