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Born in the Berkshire community of Great Barrington in 1868, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois became the first Blackperson to receive a Ph. D. degree Harvard.
Considered the founder of the Pan-Africanmovement, Du Bois was a strong opponent of theviews held by the noted Black educator Booker T.Washington. Washington believed that Blacks couldadvance themselves faster through hard than bydemands for equal rights.
Last year, Reeves and the Cambridge Historical Commission placed a marker on the front yard to commemorate Du Bois's life. They also made the residence a stop on the Cambridge African-American Heritage Trail.
"The fact that W.E.B. Du Bois lived here was something that was mentioned, but the previous owners didn't make anything of it," said April Bodman. "After we moved in, the Cambridge Historical Commission made a big deal of it."
Her two children now sleep in what they call the "Du Bois room."