W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute

In an interview with The Haitian Times, Louis discusses his long-form project, “And the Ocean for Ink,” blending poetry, ecology, and Haiti’s vulnerability to climate change.

Scholar’s new biography nails down identity of earliest known Black American woman novelist, first theorized by Gates

Featuring research by fellow Aabid Allibhai

Featuring research by fellow Aabid Allibhai

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University announced this week the 2021-22 class of fellows.

Historians Keisha N. Blain and Ibram X. Kendi began working on “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019” in 2018. The best-selling collection, co-edited by Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist,” and Blain, author of “Set...

The congressman from Huntsville, Ala., was quick to claim that the 2020 election was stolen. His district continues to get special treatment.

Many politicians find themselves walking a fine line when it comes to talking about the African American community, LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, Princeton University assistant professor of politics, says.