W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite and Great Barrington

This project is the first comprehensive planning effort by the University of Massachusetts Amherst's W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Committee in partnership with the Friends of the W.E.B. Du Bois Homesite, and the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail (a project of the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area). Working together, these project partners plan to transform the W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite and other sites in Great Barrington into a regional, national, and international destination. They seek to create an enduring memorial to celebrate the life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, a pioneering African American scholar and activist born in Great Barrington in 1868.