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

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.

• Rita Coburn WhackDirector
• Kathryn BosticOriginal Music Composer

• W.E.B. Du BoisSelf (archival footage)
• Courtney B. VanceSelf
• Jeffrey WrightSelf
• CommonSelf
• Viola DavisNarrator (voice)
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
• Nikole Hannah-JonesSelf