For more than 100 years, the Chelsea operated as a residence hotel and was home to writers including W.E.B. Du Bois, Mark Twain and Sherwood Anderson.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/travel/story/2023-11-26/want-to-feel-close-to-your-favorite-writer-spend-the-night-in-their-home

In 1920, W.E.B. DuBois, the pre-eminent Black scholar of his era, wrote “The Comet,” a quasi-futuristic short story set in Manhattan about another mysterious apocalypse.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/netflix-leave-the-world-behind-movie-barack-michelle-obama-rcna129768

In many ways, his work actually rests in the tradition of great thinkers like W.E.B. DuBois, Carter G. Woodson, and John Henrik Clarke, men who have sought to develop a cultural veil through which to interpret the seeming insanity of America.”

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“The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World War”

Source: https://dailycollegian.com/2023/03/umass-holds-its-annual-w-e-b-du-bois-lecture-featuring-chad-williams/

Three great artful gifts: “The New Brownies’ Book,” an update of a W.E.B. Du Bois classic for kids; the first major retrospective of Chicago artist Simone Leigh; and the latest Phaidon art survey “Latin American Artists.”

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-ent-holiday-book-guide-20231130-wkc67sz6vfb7riqybkzb45zem4-story.html