Yolande Du Bois

Yolande Du Bois
A young Black woman wearing a bridal ensemble, including a lace crown-shaped cap, a veil, a white jacket, and a lace dress
Du Bois Cullen in her wedding ensemble, from a 1928 publication
Born(1900-10-21)October 21, 1900
DiedMarch 1961 (aged 60)
OccupationEducator
Spouse(s)Countee Cullen (divorced)
Arnette Franklin Williams (divorced)
Children1
Parent(s)W. E. B. Du Bois
Nina Gomer
RelativesMary Silvina Burghardt Du Bois (grandmother)

Nina Yolande Du Bois (October 21, 1900 – March 1961), known as Yolande Du Bois, was an American teacher known for her involvement in the Harlem Renaissance. She was the daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois and the former Nina Gomer. Her father encouraged her marriage to Countee Cullen, a nationally known poet of the Harlem Renaissance. They divorced within two years. She married again and had a daughter, Du Bois's only grandchild. That marriage also ended in divorce.[1][2]

Du Bois graduated from Fisk University and later earned an MA from Columbia University. She worked as a teacher, primarily in Baltimore, Maryland.

  1. ^ Bolden, Tonya (2008). Up Close, W. E. B. Du Bois: A Twentieth-century Life. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-06302-4.
  2. ^ Jones, Jacqueline C. (2004). "Cullen–Du Bois Wedding". In Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: A–J. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-457-3.