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Nina Yolande Du Bois (October 21, 1900 – March 1961), known as Yolande Du Bois, was an American teacher known for her involvement in the Harlem Renaissance. She was the daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois and the former Nina Gomer. Her father encouraged her marriage to Countee Cullen, a nationally known poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
8 de dic. de 2021 · 1:34. Yolande Du Bois Irvin, the only grandchild of iconic civil rights leader, social activist and writer W.E.B. Du Bois, died Nov. 15 in Fort Collins at the age of 89. Du Bois moved to Fort...
17 de nov. de 2021 · GREAT BARRINGTON — Yolande Du Bois Irvin, the only grandchild of civil rights leader and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, died Monday in Fort Collins, Colo. The educator who followed in the footsteps of her grandfather by promoting civil rights, empathy and community was 89. Her remains will be buried beside those of her mother and other ...
19 de feb. de 2022 · Peck’s mother, Yolande Du Bois Williams Irvin, who died in November 2021, was the granddaughter of W.E.B. Du Bois, and wished to be buried in her family’s plot at the Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, alongside her mother and grandmother. STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
23 de feb. de 2016 · Sociologist and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois (February 23, 1868–August 27, 1963) was the first African American person to receive a doctorate from Harvard — an achievement that both reflected and affirmed his faith in the life-changing power of education.
1 de dic. de 2021 · Yolande Du Bois Irvin, the only grandchild of Pan-Africanist scholar and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, has passed away. The longtime educator, who took on a life role similar to her...
2 de dic. de 2021 · December 2, 2021. The Only Grandchild of Civil Rights Icon Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois Dies at 89. Dr. Yolande Du Bois Irvin, the only grandchild of sociologist, historian, and civil rights...
