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W. E. B. Du Bois’s Basic American Negro Creed and the Associates in Negro Folk Education

A Case of Repressive Tolerance in the Censorship of Radical Black Discourse on Adult Education

University of Georgia, tguy{at}uga.edu

Stephen Brookfield

University of St. Thomas, sdbrookfield{at}stthomas.edu

W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the brightest lights in African American history, wrote a sparkling critique of the American social and economic system originally planned as part of the Bronze Booklets series, edited and published by Alain Locke and the Associates in Negro Folk Education. The piece was never published and has, until now, been lost to the annals of adult education history. Using historical evidence, the authors examine Du Bois’s Basic American Negro Creed and the circumstances that led to its exclusion from the series. It is argued that the Creed was far too radical for the liberal minded Carnegie Corporation and its leaders who were only interested in accommodating adult education for Blacks through the AAAE funded Bronze Booklets. The exclusion of the Creed represents an example of repressive tolerance by the AAAE.

Key Words: Associates in Negro Folk • education • Carnegie Corporation • repressive tolerance • radical adult education • W. E. B. Du Bois

Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 1, 65-76 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0741713609336108


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