The Basis of Negro Morale in World War II

I am about to essay a task which I have never consented nor attempted to do before in my life-make a commencement address. But there are impelling reasons which cause me to break the habits of a lifetime and attempt to speak to you today. Primarily, I think I am persuaded to do so because history has an uncanny way of repeating itself. Twenty-five years ago I sat where you are now sitting-figuratively, and almost literally, with my diploma in one hand and an army rifle in the other. Just as many of you sitting in front of me, I was desirous, even anxious, to serve my country in her hour of need. I was not only willing and ready to die for my country, if need be, but also expected that my sacrifice would not be in vain. Unlike many of you who face me, however, I had not been disillusioned by the failure of a previous war to end war or to save the world for democracy; nor had I been through one of the most devastating economic depressions in the history of this country. But, like many of you, I found myself faced with the paradoxical situation of our country at war to save the world for democracy, denying a

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• Charles H. Thompson

  Lenwood G Davis, Belinda S Daniels•The Journal of Negro Education•1981

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