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NORTH TO WORK IN WAR INDUSTRIES AND TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR I

[[image - black and white photograph of a crowded city street with African Americans marching and holding signs]]
[[caption]] Blacks strove bravely for equal rights during the early years of the century; here, a legion of prominent black citizens marches down New York’s Fifth Avenue in 1912. Banner in foreground quotes Declaration of Independence and adds disclaimer: “IF OF AFRICAN DESCENT TEAR OFF THIS CORNER.” [[/caption]]

[[image - black and white photograph of twelve men in uniforms with sashes]]
[[caption]] FRATERNAL GROUP, BERT WILLIAMS (SEATED), EXTREME RIGHT, c.1910/SCHOMBURG COLLECTION, NYPL [[/caption]]

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