Roscoe C. Jamison; Crisis, September 1917
These truly are the Brave,
These men who cast aside
Old memories, to walk the blood-stained pave
Of Sacrifice, joining the solemn tide
That moves away, to suffer and to die
For Freedom–when their own is yet denied! Continue reading
Edna Perry Booth (white), 814 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Chicago Defender, March 16, 1918
They were calling for men; more men to enlist;
More food for the cannon; more boys to be missed
When the carnage was over. the whites thought it fine,
But the brave ladies were first in line.
The skeptical laughed and said when they knew,
“They know naught of fighting; now what can they do!” Continue reading
Clara M. Marcelle Bramlette (Chicago); Chicago Defender, September 22, 1917
Uncle Sam is calling us to fight. See[?] "Our gallant boys" are rallying, one and all: Even though they're often CHEATED of their right-- They are willing to obey their country's call!
J. Aubrey Carpenter (Lincoln University, PA, April 1919); Philadelphia Tribune, July 10, 1920:
You who fought the Hun “over there”
On the shores of No-man’s Land,
Have now returned to your native soil
With honor and glory in hand.
