Dubois Center

The Du Bois Center at Great Barrington, opened in February 2006, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the African-American experience and issues regarding social justice through programs, events, and exhibitions of artifacts. Its genesis is rooted in local school committee and selectmen meetings, school names, road signage, a bookstore, community forums and scholar retreats, churches and schools, historical societies, and a cemetery. Located just south of Main Street, it abuts the Mahaiwe Cemetery, where Du Bois buried his son Burghardt (1899), first wife Nina (1950), and daughter Yolande (1961). The Center is an essential point of entry into understanding Du Bois’s life and attracts visitors from around the world.