"I cannot commend too highly the spirit shown among the colored combat troops, who exhibit fine capacity for quick training and eagerness for the most dangerous work." Pershing, in a secret communiqué concerning African-American troops sent to the French military stationed with the American army, August 7, 1918. We must not commend too highly these troops, especially in front of white Americans." "We must not eat with them, must not shake hands with them, seek to talk to them or to meet with them outside the requirements of military service. DuBois, an African American intellectual whose call for racial equality marked him as a radical thinker in his era, strongly supported the war effort, but the patriotism of African American soldiers was not recognized or rewarded by white military commanders as they deserved.įor example, the public and private remarks of General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe, expose the often hypocritical attitudes toward African Americans among many white Americans in the early 20th century.
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