Official website: http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters | #AmericanMastersPBS Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today. W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause premieres nationwide Tuesday, May 19th at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/americanmasters, the PBS App, and here on YouTube through June 16, 2026. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite PBS shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR This program is made possible by viewers like you. Please support your local PBS stations: https://pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the American Masters channel for more clips: http://bit.ly/1JmUCu5 Enjoy full episodes of your favorite American Masters films: http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters FOLLOW AMERICAN MASTERS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americanmasters Instagram: https://instagram.com/pbsamericanmasters TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsamericanmasters Newsletter: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/newsletter/ FOLLOW PBS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pbs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PBS TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbs ___________________________________ Now in its 39th season on PBS, American Masters illuminates the lives and creative journeys of those who have left an indelible impression on our cultural landscape—through compelling, unvarnished stories. Setting the standard for documentary film profiles, the series has earned widespread critical acclaim: 28 Emmy Awards—including 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special—two News & Documentary Emmys, 14 Peabodys, three Grammys, two Producers Guild Awards, an Oscar, and many other honors. To further explore the lives and works of more than 250 masters past and present, the American Masters website offers full episodes, film outtakes, filmmaker interviews, the podcast “American Masters: Creative Spark,” educational resources, digital original series and more. The series is a production of The WNET Group.
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This timely documentary on W.E.B. Du Bois is a powerful reminder that his journalism was an instrument for systemic change — blending intellectual rigor with real-world praxis in ways that still shape conversations today about Black America and humanity through truth and storytelling. Thank you!
Peace to W.E.B. I just finished reading The Souls of Black Folk.
THIS IS EVERYTHING.
When he said the Negro cannot win America and he left for Ghana, I feel that is even true today. We are currently going back in time. Many black Americans are starting to feel the sentiment in 2026.
What a gift. Thank you ever so much.
A must see for Black folk everywhere
Thank you, PBS! AMERICA, THE WORLD needs access to AMERICAN HISTORY!
I'ma get a PBS tattoo. Killin it.
He needed funding for three years. They gave him funding for two years! Gosh Darn it!
W. E. B. Du Bois has been one of my heroes since I was in middle school. Black Reconstruction is like the Bible to me.
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“But what of Black women?… I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire." W.E.B. DuBois "A system cannot fail those it was never built to protect." Dr W. E. B. DuBois "Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living." Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Philanthropy, Philanthropical, Philanthropists these are words our BLACK elders may never know how to pronounce, O BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY EMBODIED.
Is that Viola Davis narratoring?
Another AFRICAN American pioneer and legend. An AMERICAN ICON May his legacy continue🙏🏾🙌🏾🫶🏾💪🏾❤️🖤💚✊🏾
Great Documentary.
it's funny they called us animals but they were doin stuff like that hangin people n cutting them up n hangin their parts in the meat market like something gotta b real messed up with u to do shit like that
Education is not enough. These people are monstrous.
This is such a great documentary!! More of this!!! So many good reviews on social media.
PBS this is an exceptional documentary on the great W.E.B. Dubois who gave some much intellectual understanding to the world regarding the fair and equal treatment of humanity.