<I>The Colored Man is No Slacker</I>

American E.G. Renesch

1910

Medium: lithographic ink on paper
Genre: Chromolithograph
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Styles

chromolithographs

Tags

U.S. History, 1865-1921militarySegregationWW IArtWorld War, 1914-1918

About

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."