Archive of Friends’ Newsletters
The W.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site!
Volume 5, Winter, 2012
Smithsonian’s Lonnie Bunch Absorbs GB
Volume 4, Summer, 2010
Insert
Dr. Lonnie Bunch (left), founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, views a video of the 1969 Homesite dedication, with David Glassberg and Barbara Krauthamer, UMass History, and Odell Murry
Building a Master Plan for Heritage Tourism
Volume 3, Summer, 2009
Jack Rogala and UMass crew install site improvements.
UMass Builds New Woods Trail, Parking Lot
Volume 2, Autumn, 2008
Insert
Du Bois Memorial Park in Great Barrington
re-opens, thanks to UMass, Amherst
Volume 1, Summer, 2008
Visitors view documentary footage of the 1969 memorial dedication at the Route 23 property that took place around the very boulder on which the laptop computer is perched
Past Programs
W.E.B. DU BOIS HOMESITE
28 July 2008: Preview of Improvements
at the W.E.B. Du Bois Homesite
View the Program
Listen to Story WAMC Northeast Public Radio
FRIENDS OF DU BOIS HOMESITE &
CLINTON A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
18 October 2009: Fortieth Anniversary
of the W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite
and Memorial Park Dedication
PROGRAM
DU BOIS CENTER UMASS AMHERST
26 February 2010: W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture
Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham Speaks at UMass Amherst
VIDEO
DU BOIS CENTER UMASS AMHERST
25 March 2010: Inaugural Symposium
Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Director
Smithsonian’s National Museum of
African American History and Culture
Speaks at UMass Amherst
VIDEO
FRIENDS OF DU BOIS HOMESITE &
UMASS AMHERST PUBLIC HISTORY DEPT.
7 April 2011: Triplex Cinema, Gt. Barrington
Advance Screening
American Experience’s FREEDOM RIDERS
Community Conversation with local Freedom Riders
Exhibition:
Becoming a Son of Great Barrington: W.E.B. DuBois
PROGRAM
Other Resources
- W. E. B. Du Bois River Park
Housatonic River Walk
W.E.B. Du Bois:
Champion of Rivers at Home and Around the World - GUIDE By Bernard A. Drew
To order the free brochure or 8-page booklet:
Friends of the Du Bois Homesite
PO Box 1018
Gt Barrington MA 01230