THE SCHOOL
COLORS
Dr.
W. E. B. Du Bois lived the latter part of his life in the country of
Ghana. Ghana is a country in West
Africa, and the first President of the country was the Honorable Kwame Nkrumah.
President Nkrumah is considered to be
the father-figure of Pan-Africanism, liberating Ghana from British rule at the
beginning of the 1960's at a time when most other African countries were
colonies. Nkrumah was both an activist
and a visionary. He invited Dr. Du Bois
to
In honor of Dr. Du Bois the colors of the W.
E. B. Du Bois Academy Charter School will be the colors of the Ghana Flag. The Ghana Flag consists of the colors red,
gold, and green in horizontal stripes with a five-pointed star in the center of
the gold stripe. The colors represent
the following:
Red: The blood of those who died in the country's
struggle for independence
Gold: The mineral wealth of the country
Green: Symbolizes the country's
rich forest
The Black Star: Stands for the lodestar of
African freedom
The
W. E. B. Du Bois Academy Charter School is honored to adopt these colors to
represent our institution in tribute to the legacy of a great humanitarian: Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois