How to watch W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause in the UK
Here’s everything you need to know about the PBS original documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause — including its premiere date, streaming platform, cast lineup, and a complete…
The two-hour film, “W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause,” follows his life in chronological order from being born right after the Emancipation Proclamation to his role in the rise of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo, File)
The life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
There’s a new PBS documentary about the life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois — the prolific scholar and civil rights pioneer. The two-hour film, “W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with…
W.E.B. Du Bois documentary highlights civil rights legacy and Philadelphia connection
W.E.B. Du Bois is the focus of a new documentary that examines his lifelong fight against racism in the United States and abroad. W.E.B. Du Bois, a pioneering scholar and…
The scholar, writer and activist W.E.B. Du Bois at his desk at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) in the early 1900s.
Credit: W.E.B Du Bois Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
Documentary director on W.E.B. Du Bois: ‘Atlanta is where he found his home’
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause airs May 19 on GPB as part of the PBS American Masters series. Documentary director Rita Coburn spoke with GPB's Kristi York Wooten about the writer…
W.E.B. Du Bois seated at desk in office at Atlanta University, 1909. Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries/PBS
AMERICAN MASTERS: W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause
Premieres Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Wednesday, May 27 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 AMERICAN MASTERS announced the new documentary "W.E.B. Du Bois:…
American sociologist, civil rights activist and historian, WEB Du Bois, with his second wife, author, composer and playwright Shirley Graham Du Bois, Southampton, Hampshire, August 15th 1958. (Photo by Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
In new PBS documentary, the complexities and legend of W.E.B. Du Bois come to life
‘Rebel With A Cause’ chronicles the life and times of Du Bois, amplified with dramatic retellings by Common, Jeffrey Wright, and Courtney B. Vance, with Viola Davis as narrator. The…
Screenshot from W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause on PBS/via YouTube
Courtney B. Vance on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Unfinished Fight: ‘We Got to Do Our Own Thing’
W.E.B. Du Bois said it in 1903: “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” Over 120 years later, that line hasn’t moved much. Peabody…
Dr William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 - 1963), 82-year old anthropologist and publicist, co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) who has been nominated as the American Labor Party candidate for Senator from New York. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
In new PBS documentary, the complexities and legend of W.E.B. Du Bois come to life
‘Rebel With A Cause’ chronicles the life and times of Du Bois, amplified with dramatic retellings by Common, Jeffrey Wright, and Courtney B. Vance, with Viola Davis as narrator. The…
Rita Coburn, Director of W.E.B. DuBois: Rebel With a Cause appears with actor, Courtney B. Vance, W.E.B. DuBois: Rebel With a Cause and Jasmine Simpkins, Panel Moderator and reporter, Los Angeles‑based KTLA News. Photo Credit: Amri Pinks
Award-Winning Actor Courtney B. Vance and Director Rita Coburn Anchor Insightful Film Panel on PBS American Masters’ W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Through Rita Coburn’s direction and the commanding interpretations of Common, Jeffrey Wright, Viola Davis, and Courtney B. Vance, the film invites a new generation to engage with Du Bois not as a distant historical figure but…
W.E.B. Du Bois and his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois from “W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause.” (Photo PBS)
‘Rebel with a Cause’ spotlights life, legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
Born free in 1868 in Great Barrington, Mass., William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, known as W.E.B. Du Bois, remains a towering figure in African-American history and now gets a 21st…