Great Barrington in Berkshire County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Boulder Dedicated to the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2019

1. Boulder Dedicated to the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Placed by the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Committee in 1969, the boulder commemorates the life and work of W.E.B. DuBois, scholar and activist. —————W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Committee, 1969
Shirley Graham Du Bois, Honorary Chairman
Edmund W. Gordon, Co-Chairman and Treasurer
Walter Wilson, Co-Chairman and Secretary

Incorporators
George Brooker • Edmund W. Gordon • David Gunn • Ruth Jones • Charles R. Lawrence • Frederick Lord • Jeanne Noble • Walter Wilson • Stephen J. Wright—————W.E.B. Du Bois correctly stated that the problem of the 20th century would be the problem of the color line. In those few words, he summed up the crisis that has occupied men and nations, and that has become the first order of business for millions of oppressed peoples. The roots of the crisis are as old as the world itself; the roots involving the continuing failure of the minority of peoples in this world to share wealth and power with the majority of the world's population.

We need to discover who is, and who isn't, violent in America.

Violence is black children

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2. Marker detail: Photographs

(top to bottom; left to right)
Julian Bond • Ossie Davis
Walter Wilson • Edmund Gordon
William Gibson and Margaret Brenman-Gibson • Frederick Lord • Ruth Jones

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going to school for 12 years and receiving 5 years of education.

Violence is 30 million hungry stomachs in the most affluent nation on earth.

Violence is having black people represent a disproportionate share of inductees and casualties in Vietnam.

Violence is a country where property counts more than people.

Violence is an economy that believes in socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor.
—Julian Bond

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.

Location. 42° 10.681′ N, 73° 23.68′ W. Marker is in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in Berkshire County. Marker can be reached from South Egremont Road (Massachusetts Route 32/41) 0.1 miles south of Egremont Plain Road (Massachusetts Route 71), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located along the W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite interpretive trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 612 South Egremont Road, Great Barrington MA 01230, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Grass Roots Democracy (a few steps from this marker); A Contribution that No Other Race Can Make (within shouting distance of this marker); A Tireless Explorer of Social Truths (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); I Have A Sentimental Desire to Keep this Place

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2019

3. Boulder Dedicated to the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois Marker

(about 300 feet away); Democracy and Human Rights (about 300 feet away); The House of the Black Burghardts (about 300 feet away); W.E.B. Du Bois: Architect of the Modern Civil Rights Movement (about 300 feet away); W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Barrington.

Regarding Boulder Dedicated to the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois. National Register of Historic Places #76000947.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. W.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site

Also see . . .
1. Du Bois National Historic Site.

The vision for a memorial to honor Du Bois was conceived in 1967 when Professor Edmund W. Gordon and Walter Wilson, a local realtor, purchased the Du Bois Homesite property. This five-acre parcel in Great Barrington includes the original homestead of Du Bois’s maternal family, and was designated a National Historic landmark in 1979.

(Submitted on April 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite Great Barrington.

W.E.B. Du Bois, who lived
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in a now demolished house on this site during his boyhood, was a voice that inspired African Americans to believe in themselves and to fight for justice. Du Bois felt a special bond to the Great Barrington property, which had been in his family for more than 200 years. The property was given to Du Bois as a 60th birthday gift in 1928. He was a sage who motivated black activists to use "organization" — not "apology" — against white oppression.

(Submitted on April 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.