W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

Story Line

Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.

Top Cast

W.E.B. Du Bois

Self (archival footage)

Courtney B. Vance

Self

Jeffrey Wright

Self

Common

Self

Viola Davis

Narrator (voice)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self