#  W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Marker at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **July 1, 2022** 

 07:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

 



 

 [EVENT WEBSITE](https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/department/duboismemorial)

 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, one of the leading figures in twentieth-century sociology, history, journalism, literature and civil rights activism, studied at what is now Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the years 1892-1894. His stay in Berlin and his studies with German economists, sociologists, and historians proved very influential for his thinking. Du Bois became the author of such seminal works as *The Souls of Black Folk* (1903), the editor of *The Crisis* (1920-1934), and the co-founder of both the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP, 1909) and the Fifth Pan-African Congress (1945). In 1958, Humboldt-Universität awarded him an honorary doctorate.

 For over twenty years, the American Studies Program has honored Du Bois’s legacy at Humboldt-Universität through two lecture series: the [W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.angl.hu-2Dberlin.de_research_conferences_dubois-2Dlectures&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ieEkMWLIgNfiT0bLXdLxtx9OJdPmhSU-73GEZvkSKqY&m=jRPRyxkWtvYjVz9SIIV1gY64JYT2JUOXS9jawePshFRN71o3q3VqULG0tObgZl5d&s=g5J6OogHFD9ftS8w_FywdcN-NH6vNB-9iG3FAirPDp4&e=) and the [Distinguished W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.angl.hu-2Dberlin.de_research_conferences_distinguished-2Ddubois-2Dlectures&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ieEkMWLIgNfiT0bLXdLxtx9OJdPmhSU-73GEZvkSKqY&m=jRPRyxkWtvYjVz9SIIV1gY64JYT2JUOXS9jawePshFRN71o3q3VqULG0tObgZl5d&s=2tfcvlqSmMJYqWA1hPYawVz1Lac0y7ky9UyqUFJ5QkM&e=). Until now, there has been no visible tribute to him on the university grounds. We are proud to announce that a plaque has been installed on the main building's ground floor (next to the entrance to the Orbis Humboldtianus).

 Du Bois is the first U.S.-American and the first Person of Color to be honored by Humboldt-Universität; he is also the first person to be honored as a former student.

 Join us in celebrating this event ([https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/department/duboismemorial](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.angl.hu-2Dberlin.de_department_duboismemorial&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ieEkMWLIgNfiT0bLXdLxtx9OJdPmhSU-73GEZvkSKqY&m=jRPRyxkWtvYjVz9SIIV1gY64JYT2JUOXS9jawePshFRN71o3q3VqULG0tObgZl5d&s=VUYWTCAwRz32aRegCk9dPvT-IRsv5zgKey7RRHZFsOA&e=)) on Videostream [https://youtu.be/YTs2FcDRPL4](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_YTs2FcDRPL4&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ieEkMWLIgNfiT0bLXdLxtx9OJdPmhSU-73GEZvkSKqY&m=jRPRyxkWtvYjVz9SIIV1gY64JYT2JUOXS9jawePshFRN71o3q3VqULG0tObgZl5d&s=_bMZm_c2LNfyOz0uvcxjLiOGHU14Mhtf06_96z1VEx0&e=)!



 

 



 

 

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