African American Fabrics: W.E.B. Du Bois in Paris

During the 19th Century, W.E.B. Du Bois wanted the world to know the gains African Americans had made since the Civil War, as well as their plight as second-class citizens. In 1899, Daniel A.P. Murray, an African American researcher and historian at the Library of Congress, worked with Du Bois and others to put together pictures and other items to show the state of African Americans as the 20th century began. 

Talented Tenth in Pictures
To counter the negative images of African Americans in the late 19th century, W.E.B. Du Bois displayed portraits of middle-class blacks at the Paris Exposition of 1900. The Root  has published some images from this act of defiance. Check out there album at http://www.theroot.com/multimedia/web-du-bois-paris-album.  

CHECK OUT AFRICAN AMERICAN FABRIC W.E.Du Bois fabric featured in photo.