April 8, 2026
W.E.B. DuBois, Photo courtesy of PBS
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause explores the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois.
American Masters recently announced the new documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause from Peabody Award-winning director Rita Coburn will premiere May 19, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). The two-hour film examines Du Bois’s remarkable life from his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, and how his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.