Shirley Graham DuBois: An Exhibit from the African American Women Intellectuals Project

Shirley Graham DuBois: An Exhibit from the African American Women Intellectuals Project

Shirley Graham Du Bois was a musician, composer, and playwright in the mid 20th century. She began attending Oberlin Conservatory at age 35, supporting two chilldren while she earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees. She wrote and produced multiple operas about Black people's experiences. Later in her life, Graham Du Bois became more politically active; she joined (and later resigned) from the NAACP and she openly supported Communist party nominates for public office. At age 54, Shirley Graham Du Bois married WEB Du Bois and moves with him to Toronto, Canada, then after being deported, the couple eventually settled down in Accra, Ghana in 1961. After Du Bois died in 1963, Graham Du Bois moved to Eygpt to continue writing, and then died in China in 1977.