The Colored Man is No Slacker: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A chromolithograph of a soldier in a World War I uniform holding the hand of a woman in a blue dress. In the background troops are marching away. One of the troops is holding an American flag. "The Colored Man is No Slacker" is printed at the bottom center.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1918
• Printed by: E.G. Renesch, American
• Type: chromolithographs
• Medium: lithographic ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 19 11/16 x 15 13/16 in. (50 x 40.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: U.S. History, 1865-1921
• Topic: World War I
• Object number: 2008.2.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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