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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - In Battle For Peace: W. E. B. Du Bois vs the US Justice Department
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS POSTPONED TO THURSDAY\, DEC 12 - 
 SAME TIME AND PLACE\n\n \n\nW. E. B. Du Bois dedicated much of his later 
 career to peace activism\, especially as the militarism of the Cold War 
 threatened to lead to a conflict where there could be no survivors. He also 
 saw how the development of what we now know as the Military Industrial 
 Complex threatened vulnerable communities in the US and around the world\, 
 while legitimizing imperialism\, oppression\, and racism. \n\nDu Bois 
 campaigned for the US Senate on a peace platform in 1950 and eagerly 
 participated in groups advocating for denuclearization and an end to the 
 ideological conflicts between the USSR and the West\, including the Peace 
 Information Center. His activities attracted the attention of the US 
 government\, who put Du Bois\, and several of his colleagues\, on trial in 
 1951 for allegedly being 'agents of a foreign power'. A guilty verdict 
 carried a possible 10-year prison sentence. \n\nThis talk will tell the 
 story of how the 83-year-old W. E. B. Du Bois took on his own country's 
 government in the name of peace\, and from the political left\, at a time 
 when this was highly unpopular. It will quote extensively from Du Bois's 
 own writings\, present images from the archival collections housed in the 
 Du Bois Papers\, and describe many of the allies who stood alongside Du 
 Bois as he battled for his life and liberty. Finally\, it will examine the 
 legacy of Du Bois's trial\, and the lessons that can be taken from it by 
 peace activists today.\n\n\n\n\nLocation: W. E. B. Du Bois Center\, Room 
 2220 (22nd Floor)\, W. E. B. Du Bois Library
LOCATION:W. E. B. Du Bois Library\, W. E. B. Du Bois Center (Floor 22)
ORGANIZER;CN="UMass Amherst Libraries":MAILTO:ref@library.umass.edu
CATEGORIES:W. E. B. Du Bois Center, Workshops
CONTACT;CN="UMass Amherst Libraries":MAILTO:ref@library.umass.edu
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://libcal.library.umass.edu/event/13190318
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