ERIC Number: EJ1450121
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1085-3545
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Democracy Can Be Dangerous Work: The Story of Youthbuilders Civic Education Program 1938-1948
Jessica Shiller
Democracy & Education, v32 n2 Article 7 2024
This article describes the work of a civic education program in New York City schools called Youthbuilders, which existed from 1938 to 1948. Youthbuilders' aim was to engage youth in civic education projects and teach them about their place in a democracy and worked with them to support racial and social equality. Shortly after World War II, they were attacked by a conservative Catholic organization that was working to eliminate groups associated with so-called Communist beliefs like social justice and racial equality. Youthbuilders shut their doors by 1948. The story is one that helps us understand the fragility of working for democracy and race equity in times of social anxiety.
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational History, Social Change, Citizenship Education, Race, Civil Rights, Program Descriptions, Youth Programs, Social Justice, Catholics, War, Political Attitudes, National Organizations, Activism
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