(MC)In 1917, the pacifist and socialist Norman Thomas descri…

(MC)In 1917, the pacifist and socialist Norman Thomas described conscientious objectors in this way: “He may believe in dying for one’s country, or for ideals; but not in killing for them.” Source: http://debs.indstate.edu/t459w2_1917.pdf, pg. 4 How does this quotation help explain the role that many conscientious objectors played overseas during the war?

(HC)The quote below was written in the early 1900s: I pledge…

(HC)The quote below was written in the early 1900s: I pledge that in your effort to work out the great and intricate problem which God has laid at the doors of the South, you shall have at all times the patient, sympathetic help of my race; only let this be constantly in mind, that, while from representations in these buildings of the product of field, of forest, of mine, of factory, letters, and art, much good will come, yet far above and beyond material benefits will be that higher good. . . . –Booker T. Washington Source: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/ What would be W.E.B. DuBois’s criticism of Washington’s quote?

(MC)The text below was written in the early 1900s: Be It Res…

(MC)The text below was written in the early 1900s: Be It Resolved, That the Negro people of the world, through their chosen representatives in convention assembled in Liberty Hall, in the City of New York and United States of America, from August 1 to August 31, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, protest against the wrongs and injustices they are suffering at the hands of their white brethren, and state what they deem their fair and just rights, as well as the treatment they propose to demand of all men in the future. Source: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5122 Which group is associated with this text?