![]() ![]() Du Bois Professor of the Humanities and director of the Du Bois Institute, in his welcoming remarks. “No one did more to place the American Negro in the world as a full-voiced speaking subject than did W.E.B. Powerful singer Lawrence Watson punctuated the readings with commanding performances of “sorrow songs,” the Negro spirituals that Du Bois included between the chapters of his book. ![]() Harvard Professors Henry Louis Gates Jr., Michael Dawson, Homi Bhabha, and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham were joined by Princeton University’s Kwame Anthony Appiah, writer and critic Stanley Crouch, and University of Massachusetts Professor David Graham Du Bois, W.E.B.’s stepson, among others, in readings from Du Bois’ 1903 masterwork. Yet for the most part the speakers – gathered from Harvard and beyond – yielded their own research or viewpoints on Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk” to Du Bois’ words, which rang loud. ![]() Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research celebrated the centennial of the landmark work by the institute’s namesake. The intellectual firepower in the Memorial Church Friday (April 25) was formidable as the W.E.B. Singer and former assistant dean and director of academic affairs at GSD Lawrence Watson performed ‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,’ ‘Steal Away Home,’ and other ‘sorrow songs’ from ‘The Souls of Black Folk.’ (Photo by Andrea Fischman) ![]()
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