(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?