The Crisis
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===Volume 17, Number 2=== | ===Volume 17, Number 2=== | ||
| − | Within this issue there is an overall theme of patriotism, with the inclusion of the song manuscript for "America the Beautiful" and many articles revolved around an overall sense of love for the United States. The positive feeling that is evident is most likely an | + | Within this issue there is an overall theme of patriotism, with the inclusion of the song manuscript for "America the Beautiful" and many articles revolved around an overall sense of love for the United States. The positive feeling that is evident is most likely an effect of the ending of World War 1, this had most citizens in good spirits. One soldier still in France at this time sent in a letter to The Crisis that ended on a good note with "colored America has more than justified the hopes of those who have always believed in it, and more than earned all that we have demanded for it. I take off my hat to the courage and devoted patriotism of black men in this war." |
===Volume 25, Number 2=== | ===Volume 25, Number 2=== | ||
