Sallie Ellis Davis House

Announcement    Monday, February 26, 2024
During the remainder of Black History Month, the public is invited to see two authentic propaganda posters at Georgia College & State University that give a glimpse of life during World War I and America’s efforts to recruit African American soldiers. The posters—called “True Blue” and “Colored man is no slacker”—hang on the wall of a replicated classroom at Georgia College’s Sallie Ellis Davis House. They reveal a time when African American men enlisted, answering the call to defend...