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W.E.B. Du Bois Institute - News & Events
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(C) 2009 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
"SC board pardons 2 black men executed 94 years ago"
"94 Years Later, S. Carolina Pardons Two Death Row Inmates"
"Gates Honored for Academic Works"
"Harvard's Gates Wins Literary Award"
"Michelle’s Great-Great-Great-Granddaddy—and Yours"
"One Family’s Roots, a Nation’s History"
Black Alumni Weekend
Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. and Lewis P. Jones III each received honors at the Harvard Black Alumni Weekend. Also present was fellow board member Henry McGee, who was a panelist for the talk, Philanthropy in the New Economy: Prospects, Challenges, and Successes.
"The Essence of America in 1,095 Pages"
Just Released: New literary anthology co-edited by Professor Werner Sollors
Soledad O'Brien reports on a teen finding his roots through DNA testing. Featuring Professor Gates.
See the Fellows' Library for works contributed by previous classes.
Harvard Students: Our New Class of Fellows are Looking for Research Assistants. Postings Now Listed on the Student Employment Website!
Rudenstine Gallery: Current Exhibits
In the Rudenstine Gallery -- Resistance and Revolution: Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture Prints
(C) 2009 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Previous Exhibits
Photographs
In partnership with the Du Bois Institute, Autograph ABP presents a retrospective exhibition of large-scale colour and black and white photographs from the estate of Rotimi Fani-Kayode, including archival works exhibited here for the first time.(Read more)
PLEASE NOTE: The Curators' Talk Has Been Cancelled.
Click Here to Read the Harvard Gazette Article About the Exhibit
Sketches from the Shore
Lyle Ashton Harris's work traverses the terrain of complicated gender and racial identity. His semiautobiographical portraits also invoke performance and disguise.(Read more)
Journey of My Soul: Come Along for the Ride
"New England is hardly known for an absence of culture or a failure to appreciate the arts. In fact, Cambridge, Massachusetts can legitimately be tagged as the epicenter, the cradle of the tension and brawls between the cultural melieus of tradition and modernity. Sparks fly from these collisions and engagements on a daily, if not hourly schedule.(Read more)