Before there was a Black History Month, W.E.B. Du Bois brought Negro History Week to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, now St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church and Pro-Cathedral. Du Bois was a major figure in twentieth-century America as a civil rights activist, scholar, and founding member of the NAACP. Historians Phillip Luke Sinitiere, Lavelle Porter, and Craig Townsend will offer perspectives on Du Bois’ national importance, his later career and circle of friends and fellow activists when he lived in Brooklyn, and his friendship with the Rev. William Howard Melish, the last priest in charge of Holy Trinity. The program will include musical performances by classical musicians Emily Kalish and Kyle Walker and the Gospel choir East Coast Inspirational Singers.