Live at the National Constitution Center

W.E.B. Du Bois and His Impact on America With David Levering Lewis

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In celebration of Juneteenth, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Levering Lewis, author of the definitive two-volume biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, explores Du Bois’ life, legacy, and enduring impact on American history, while also discussing his own new memoir, The Stained Glass Window. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


Resources

  • David Levering Lewis, The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790–1958, (2025)
  • David Levering Lewis, W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography 1868–1963, (2009)
  • American Historical Association, “W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963): Historian, Sociologist, Editor, Activist,” Perspectives on History, (2023)
  • W.E.B. Du Bois, The Talented Tenth, (1903)
  • W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk: Centennial Edition, (2003)
  • W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860–1880, (2014)
  • W.E.B. Du Bois and Guy B. Johnson, Encyclopedia of the Negro: Preparatory Volume with Reference Lists and Reports, (1940)
  • David Levering Lewis, W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919–1963, Read by Courtney B. Vance, (2001)

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