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(FTANDARD Fore wo, 64 "Office MS. orem e unite. Director, FBI (1000-99729) DATE; o1/55 SAC, New York wy .- . WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS, “i ; nd - v2 GOVERNMENT SMHC ; . + 3 The 1937 issue of "Who's Who in America" reflecta, in part, the following concerning the subject ....Editor and author, _ ‘born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 2/23/68 of negro descent.e. Received | an A.B. degree from Fisk University in 1888...he attended eats 140 Rn Har vara Univer sity where in 1890 he received an A,B. degree, in 1891 an M.A. degree, and in 1895 a P.H.D. degree. He also studied at the University of Berlin. He was director of publications of . the N.A.A.C.P. and editor of the Magazine "Crisis" from 1910 to ._.. 1932. ~ ——n . The subject, in the book "Dusk of Dawn", edited by him- self, and published in 1940, ‘on page 302, stated "I am not and oe was not a communist. I do not believe in the dogme of inevitable | 1 revolution in order to right economic wrong. On tha othar hand ewe re eee we ee re wee Mare Se Weare a I believed and still believe that KARL MARK wes one of the great- = est men of modern times and that he put his fingers squarely . upon our difficulties when he said that economic foundations, the way in which men earn their living, are the determining factors in the development of civilization and the basic pattern of culture, e2yh os ' oo Page 320 of the subject's book, "Dusk of Dawn”, states et as follows in referring to the basic negro creed, "We believe in RB. | the ultimate triumph of some form of socialism the world over; Ben =| that. is, common ownership and control of the means of productiot EAE and equality: of income." ‘ .*) ; . " we FY ge - ° . The "Daily Worker" of 7/18/50 Lists the subject as Chair- © -% Oo Boe n of the Peace information Center. <= Ere ‘The "New aii DEO? 06/27/47 reflected that "Dr, wW, E. B. DU BOIS, editor’and educagtr’ and one of t LO=4 founders of the enn apprnpd tied Ano TES Fi a at +ypete ae elt EDT tll hae alia ARD PITTS (77 ae lt an _ o& 0CT 14