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Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA REPORT MADE AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA TITLE ALL INFORMATION CONTAI . HEREIN tS UNCLASSIFIE WILLIAM EDWARD BURELARDT “DUBOIS EXCEPT WHERE SHOW c SYNOPS1S OF FAC a =v ced subject is Professor a anta University and considered to be one of most out- standing and competent negroes in Atlanta, that several talks were heard to be made by the subject but he did not say any- thing to indiccte he was subversive, that while naka member of the Commnist Party he was in sympathy with the ‘Southern Negro Congress. Writings of subject in book“*W'Dusk “of Daw", edited 1940, reflect mention of Japan's defeat of Russia as giving rise to fear of colored revolt against white exploita- ~ tion. In this book he writes thet he is not a Communist but ry that the basic Americen negro creed is the ultimate triumph of some form of socialism the world over, Subject's aim is to improve the status of the whole negro group. Jn this book he wrote "I tried to say to the American negro..s.....'you mist put behind your demands, not sinply American negroes, but Nest - P Report of SD 821-1417 29, 1942, at Charlotte, North Carolina. AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA: CLASS. & EXT. BY SZ / REASON-FCIM II, i-2.4.2 uisciesed bnat the subject's address in Atlanta is 223 Chestnut Street, SW and that he has another propert 2302 Montebello Terrace, Baltimore, } Maryland. penis °- i : Uf 388; married wi s e as dependent. His social and ae we istjeeare good. His employment is said to be Atlanta DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SFACKS U.S GOVERNMEHT PRINTING OFFICE-O — 7—20N4