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Courtney B. Vance’s new role bringing W.E.B. Du Bois’s definitive biography to audio should be welcomed by anyone who believes in the power of history to teach and to unite. Instead of the usual celebrity puff pieces that worship wealth as an end in itself, Vance chose a painstaking, scholarly project — narrating the massive two-volume biography that will reach listeners with the same weight it carries on the page. That kind of work honors America’s complicated past without turning it into a partisan sermon, and it’s the sort of cultural contribution conservatives should celebrate.
For those wondering about timing, the audio editions were produced as a two-volume project, with the first installment released on June 17, 2025, and the second following on September 23, 2025. Vance treated the narration like a role, tackling dense, sometimes uncomfortable material with seriousness and discipline instead of the casual platform-building so common in modern Hollywood. Americans who still value craftsmanship will appreciate an actor who treats history the way it deserves to be treated — carefully, honestly, and without theatrical pretense.
The conversation Vance had during his Forbes appearance drove home another conservative truth: success rarely arrives without discipline. He spoke about his Detroit upbringing and the work ethic that came with it, and he and his wife, Angela Bassett, have translated that ethic into a household that budgets, invests, and builds businesses rather than squandering paydays on flash. That modest, practical approach to money is a lesson the left-leaning elites in media never seem to learn — wealth is preserved through prudence and enterprise, not through spectacle and entitlement.
Their strategy is plainspoken and unglamorous: they treat careers like businesses, reinvest in projects they control, and run a production company — Bassett Vance Productions — that optioned rights to create a documentary from the very biography Vance narrated. That’s the entrepreneurial model conservatives have always championed: earn, save, invest wisely, and create institutions that last beyond a single paycheck. If more Americans adopted that mindset instead of chasing viral fame, this country would be in far better shape.
It’s also worth calling out how much of modern celebrity culture commodifies identity while ignoring work. Vance and Bassett demonstrate that you can be proud of your heritage and your art without turning every project into a virtue-signaling exercise. They show that stewardship — of money, of family, of cultural legacy — is a quieter, stronger form of influence than the loud moralizing favored by today’s coastal elites.
Hardworking Americans should take this as a practical example: learn your craft, honor the truth of history, and treat money like a tool for building rather than a badge for showing off. Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett didn’t get wealthy by accident; they protected their fortunes by budgeting, investing in what they control, and doing meaningful work that contributes to the national conversation. That’s the conservative way forward — steady, responsible, and rooted in real achievement.
