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HOUSATONIC RIVER WALK
W. E. B. DuBOIS RIVER GARDEN
DEDICATION
Great Barrington-born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) became one of the leading writers and civil rights activists of his generation. He taught at Wilberforce University, Atlanta University and University of Pennsylvania. He was founder and guiding force of The Crisis, the NAACP's journal, from 1910-1934. "From his student days at Fisk, Harvard and the University of Berlin to his editorship of the Encyclopedia Africana at age ninety, Du Bois produced a mountain of scholarship in sociology and history that stands as a monument for posterity," according to a brochure from the Du Bois Archives at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Du Bois often expressed his fondness for Great Barrington; his two children were born here and he often re-visited old haunts including the Burghardt homestead on Route 23 (now a National Historic Landmark) well into the 1950s.
STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
MONUMENT MOUNTAIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Kate Bradbury Olivia Cohen Aviva Cormier Nikole Delair
Liza Gennari Sarah Hewatt
Jenny Kain Jessica Lamont Joshua Rolf Allison Shepardson
Rachel Shepardson Whitney Shook
SEARLES MIDDLE SCHOOL
Todd Covert's Sixth Grade Science Class
Alanna Cardillo Caleb Davis Stephanie Fredsall
Tyeesha Keele Fred Murnane Libby Panhorst Eva Ward
BERKSHIRE COUNTRY DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL
Johanna Blair Emma Broderick-Scarpa Debi Kirchner
Lauren Markowitz Marisha Mitchell
Jessica Ryan Travis Toole Dylan Widjionni Annika Wisswaesser
THE NEW NINTH GRADE AT THE GREAT BARRINGTON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL
Caitlin Blau Simon Brown Suzanne Fili Emma Franco-Toner
Tavish Gallagher Zachary Goldman
Emma Kiely Austen McQuaite Victoria Peck Samantha Stier
Clara Wetmore Valentia Whitehead
JUBILEE SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA
Jamilah Barnes Efia King Paige Lyle Aliyah
Presseley-Qualls
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks to Anthony Barnaba, Ellen Broderick, Danny Brown, Ann Condon, Nonie Crossnohere,
Dana Cummings, Barbara and Graham Dean, Ruth Dinerman, Dennis Downing, Rev. Esther Dozier, Bernard A. Drew, Sue Efferin, Karl Finger, Peter and Camilla Flemming,
Diane and Ken Fogarty, Jane Furey, Elaine Gunn, John Hadden, Ann Hanchett, Wendy Jensen, Ron Jones, Ruth D. Jones, Christine Kelly, Frederick Lord, Skip Meade,
Bob Mills, Ray Murray, Shannon Murray, Ellen Murtagh, Elizabeth Neale, Jim O'Connell, Krista Palmer,
James N. Parrish, Karin Passmore, Mark
Pieropan, Scott Rote, Sharon Smith, Staveleigh House, Carla and Jenna Turner, Pastor Van, Alice Wislocki,
Susan Witt, and Marianne Young.
Special thanks to the Alford Garden Club, Egremont Garden Club, Great Barrington Garden
Club, Great Barrington Rotary Club, Thursday Morning Club, Berkshire Country Day School, Monument Mountain Regional High School,
Rudolf Steiner School, Searles Middle School, and Undermountain Elementary
School.
The River Walk River Garden was created by: Rich Atwood; Heather Cupo, Plant Euphoria; Monica Fadding, Marconica; Rob Hoogs, Foresight Land
Services; Peter Jensen, Openspace Management; Jon Piasecki, Golden Bough; Cindy Roots; Keith Wilkinson,
K.W. Konstruction; Riverways Programs; and River Walk's hundreds of volunteers.
The W. E. B. Du Bois dedication stone of Chester blue granite was created by
Allen Williams, Chester Granite, Co.
Quotation by W. E. B. Du Bois, 1961, used with permission of the family of the late George P. Fitzpatrick.
Program cover image courtesy of U.S. Postal Service, 1998.
The W. E. B. Du Bois dedication is a project of the Great Barrington Land Conservancy and Great Barrington Historical Society in conjunction with Upper
Housatonic Valley Heritage Area and with support from the National Park Service.
CONTRIBUTIONS to the
perpetual care of River Walk and
the Du Bois River Garden are tax-deductible and
may be sent to:
River Walk
P.O. Box 1018
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-3391 river@gbriverwalk.org