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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.
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.
Dec 8, 2021 · 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.
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Feb 19, 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.
After completing graduate work at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and Harvard University, where he was its first African American to earn a doctorate, Du Bois rose to national prominence as a leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of black civil rights activists seeking equal rights.
Dec 2, 2021 · Dr. Yolande Du Bois Irvin, the only grandchild of civil rights icon W.E.B. Du Bois, passed away at 89 in Colorado. She taught psychology at Xavier University and participated in multiple civil rights events, following her grandfather's legacy.
Feb 19, 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.
