...shoulder with our own white fellow citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills. 13 Returning Soldiers As the war came to a close, Du Bois became more radical. The deteriorating racial...

...shoulder with our white fellow-citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills. 108 With few exceptions, Negro leaders in the Second World War have taken a different stand. They stress,...

...shoulder with our own white fellow citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills." 63 It is possible Du Bois wrote the editorial under the impression that he himself was about to become...

...shoulder with our own fellow white citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly, with our eyes lifted to the hills." One year later, a far more sober and somber mood would pervade much of black America. Postwar Racial...

...shoulder with our own fellow white citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly, with our eyes lifted to the hills." One year later, a far more sober and somber mood would pervade much of black America. Postwar Racial...

...shoulder with our own fellow white citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly, with our eyes lifted to the hills." One year later, a far more sober and somber mood would pervade much of black America. Postwar Racial...

...shoulder to shoulder with our white fellow citizens.... We make no ordinary sacrifice," he pledged, "but we make it gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills." 19 This effusive pledge of black loyalty, contrasting as it did with his trenchant earlier criticism...

...the highest point in your life; you are never going to do something like that again. CHAPTER SIX We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we Make it gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills. —WEB Du Bois, "Close Ranks" This is the story of the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion—the Triple...

...shoulder with our white fellow citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly, with our eyes lifted to the hills.' 6 When the Crisis hit the newsstands in late June, Spingarn sent a copy to Churchill as “evidence...

...shoulder with our own white fellow citizens and allied nations that are fighting for democracy. We make no ordinary sacrifice, but we make it gladly and willingly with our eyes lifted to the hills?' 73 Though Du Bois denied that there was any relation between the editorial and the commission, Harrison...