News The Only Grandchild of Civil Rights Icon Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois Dies at 89Jeroslyn JohnsonDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Jeroslyn JohnsonDecember 2, 2021December 2, 20212659 Dr. Yolande Du Bois Irvin, the only grandchild of sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois has died at the age of 89....