6 July 2014

W. E. B. Du Bois relatives buried in Great Barrington, MA

'"IN 1950 THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY HAD FOR ME SPECIAL
MEANING. I WAS A WIDOWER. THE WIFE OF 53 YEARS LAY
BURIED IN THE NEW ENGLAND HILLS BESIDE HER FIRST-BORN
BOY"

W. E. B. DUBOIS (1868-1963)
PREMIER ARCHITECT OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

ERECTED BY THE GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1994'

'NINA GOMER DU BOIS
1870  –––  1950'

Burghardt was Du Bois's infant son. His daughter Yolande was also buried here in Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, although I didn't find any grave with her name.

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