National Museum of African American History and Culture
<I>The Colored Man is No Slacker</I>
E.G. Renesch, American · 1918
In this chromolithograph, a World War I infantryman bids farewell to his sweetheart while his comrades march carrying their nation's flag. Despite conflicting opinions on the war, and segregation and prejudice in the military, more then 350,000 African Americans served in World War I, soundly confirming the slogan on this military recruitment poster: "The Colored Man Is No Slacker."
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