他們的得獎的「黑人展覽會」 (Negro Exhibition) 於1900年時，在法國巴黎初次登臺。其展示了 500 張的非裔美人社區、成功的黑人生意、學校及由非裔美人作者出版的書本及小冊子(國會圖書館內也有展示)。非裔美人為避開美國的種族歧視迫害而前去巴黎尋求庇護已有一段很長的歷史，所以杜博斯及他的同事決定在巴黎召開展覽會並不是一件令人驚訝的舉動。

在這次的展覽中，杜博斯證明，自內戰結束後的35年間，一開始身為奴隸的非裔美人已經有了長足的進展；大部分的非裔美人已經能夠閱讀並擁有百萬畝土地，也為總值高達1仟2百萬的財產繳付稅額。


Their award-winning "Negro Exhibition" debuted in Paris, France, in 1900. It featured 500 photos of African American communities, successful black businesses and schools, as well as books and pamphlets by African American authors. (It has also been on display at the Library of Congress.) African Americans had a long history of going to Paris as a refuge from American racism, so it's not surprising that Du Bois and his colleagues decided to open the exhibit there.

In the exhibit, Du Bois showed that African Americans, in the 35 years since the Civil War, had come an amazing distance since being an enslaved people. A majority of African Americans were able to read, they owned one million acres of land and paid taxes on $12 million worth of property.

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