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This article is from The Crisis: Vol. 14, No: 2. June 1917. This article is from the editorial section of The Crisis, the main point of this article is questioning why no African American have been put into officer positions within the army. The author is calling out for The Crisis to bring this new issue up in the magazine to inform the general public of this "crisis." The author keeps calling the unwillingness to create an African American regiment with Afrrican American officers the ways of Jim Crow. To the author, the war has done nothing but continue the ways of Jim Crow and has done nothing for the African Americans that joined and supported the war effort. He also points out the want by the "level headed' African Americans to have these regiments run by African American officers. The author spoke for Dr. Spingarn and Dr. DuBois, "No, but they want black officers and they advocate a separate camp rather than see Negro regiments soley officered solely by white men." It seems the author is trying to draw in show that the idea of black regiments are supported by well respected African American men. It seems that the African American community is getting tired and worried about seeing no progress made for their people.

It is interesting to look at this article and the one we had to read for class on Tuesday. In the first article, it seemed there was so much hope and so much could be gained from the war. What was to be gained? The abolishment of Jim Crow laws and finally recieving equal treatment. But then you fast forward a few years. The war has gone on for a few years now and no real progress has been made the way the general African American public thought. It seems by now many believed that African Americans would have better positions within the army and would be serving a larger part. It is just interesting to see how hopeful and how proud the first article was to where is now, there is a sense of worry and a sense of disheart because the progress has not been made.