W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
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And that reason is the Atlanta Compromise.
And here's Mr. du Bois' response to that:
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/203/the-souls-of-black-folk/4434/chapter-3-of-mr-booker-t-washington-and-others/
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
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