وقد جسد "قانون الحقوق المدنية" التابع للولايات المتحدة العديد من الإصلاحات التي كان يدعمها دو بويز طوال حياته، وقد شُرعت بعد عام من وفاته.
The United States' Civil Rights Act, embodying many of the reforms for which Du Bois had campaigned his entire life, was enacted a year after his death.