Chicago Defender, April 26th, 2001
W.E.B. DuBois wears Kente cloth
Author, political activist and historian W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963) wears the traditional Ghana kente, a pan-African symbol worn all over the world, in an exhibit currently at the Field Museum.
Kente cloth, looms and photographs will be featured in the exhibition "Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity."
DuBois was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. His remarkable career included a professorship at Atlanta University, writing notable socioeconomic books and serving as publications director and researcher for the...
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