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Credo
Du Bois's prose-poem creed, structured as a series of 'I believe' statements — in the Negro race, in pride of self and lineage, in service, in liberty, in the training of children, and against the Devil of narrowed opportunity — first published on its own before Darkwater collected it.
A creed in the form of a poemPride of race and lineageService as worshipThe 'Devil' of narrowed opportunity