The Du Bois Freedom Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John Lloyd as Interim Director. Dr. Lloyd is a distinguished scholar and educator with deep expertise in African American history and public humanities. His leadership will guide the Center through an exciting period of growth and transition as we continue to honor the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois and advance our mission of education, equity, and justice.
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Read MoreThe Du Bois Freedom Center announced the first event in its 2024 Reflections on Democracy salon series. The Center will commemorate Juneteenth by hosting An Evening with Congresswoman Nikema Williams who will be in conversation with the Du Bois Freedom Center’s Visiting Scholar on Democracy, Michael Blake.
Read MoreEducational events and public programs to highlight Du Bois’ vision for our democracy. Highlights of The Du Bois Freedom Center’s 2024 programming season include a four-part Scholars Salon Series moderated by inaugural Visiting Scholar on Democracy, Michael Blake, a former Harvard Visiting Scholar and Obama staffer.
Read MoreThe W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy is proud to announce the selection of Ny Whitaker as executive director following a seven-month, national search funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Read MoreThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy. The three-year Humanities in Place grant will support restoration work, programming and staffing for the Center.
Read MoreIn November, the W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy will present a two-part virtual program on African American family history and genealogy within and beyond the Berkshires. Dr. Kendra T. Field, the Du Bois Freedom Center’s historian-in-residence, will lead the series to be held via Zoom on November 9 and 16 from 6-7 p.m.
Read MoreThe W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy and Dewey Hall are pleased to present Exploring Black Roots Music with Jake Blount on October 20 at 7pm at Dewey Memorial Hall in Sheffield. The concert is a benefit for the Du Bois Freedom Center, an African American cultural heritage center being developed at the former Clinton A. M. E. Zion Church in Great Barrington.
Read MoreThe W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom Center (formerly Clinton Church Restoration) has announced that it has hired Clark and Green Architects to complete the architectural and engineering plans for the African American cultural heritage center it is developing in downtown Great Barrington.
Read MoreOn Friday, August 19 at 4 p.m., the W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy (formerly Clinton Church Restoration) will present a roundtable discussion on the life and legacy of Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved African American to successfully sue for her freedom in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Read MoreClinton Church Restoration is pleased to formally announce that the African American cultural heritage center it is has been developing since 2016 has been named the W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy.
Read MoreClinton Church Restoration has been awarded a $117,000 capital grant from MassDevelopment and the Mass Cultural Council, one of six grants the project has received in as many months.
Read MoreThe late Rev. Esther Dozier, who initiated Great Barrington’s annual W. E. B. Du Bois birthday celebrations more than 20 years ago, will be honored on what would have been her 80th birthday,
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“[Agrippa Hull’s] demeanor, courage, and diplomacy are still relevant and needed today as we strive to eliminate disparities, division, and discrimination,” said descendant Peter Gunn in remarks at the celebration.
Read MoreClinton Church Restoration Project, the Berkshire County chapter of the NAACP, and the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College, have teamed up to form an oral history collaborative that will collect and preserve the stories of African Americans in the Berkshires.
Read MoreThe Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (Housatonic Heritage) has received a $495,322 grant from the National Park Service for continued restoration work on the historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church.
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