W.E.B. Du Bois: Returning Soldiers - Analysis | Milestone Documents - Milestone Documents

W. E. B. Du Bois: “Returning Soldiers”

( 1919 )
  • “We stand again to look America squarely in the face and call a spade a spade. We sing: This country of ours, despite all its better souls have done and dreamed, is yet a shameful land.” - “Returning Soldiers”
  • “Make way for Democracy! We saved it in France, and by the Great Jehovah, we will save it in the United States of America, or know the reason why.” - “Returning Soldiers”
Image for: W. E. B. Du Bois: “Returning Soldiers”

W. E. B. Du Bois (Library of Congress)

View Full Size