PHILLIPS, SERGEANT EMMETT L. The Colored Soldier Original ten-stanza poem typed on single sheet, 4to; ribbon copy, inscribed at top to Maude B. Neal of Baltimore, signed at bottom in print. WITH 3-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, presenting the poem and

PHILLIPS, SERGEANT EMMETT L. The Colored Soldier Original ten-stanza poem typed on single sheet, 4to; ribbon copy, inscribed at top to Maude B. Neal of Baltimore, signed at bottom in print. WITH 3-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, presenting the poem and asking for a date. Also, portion of original mail-ing envelope from Phillips on YMCA stationery addressed to "the little girlie that I met at the Club and asked me for one of the poems Camp Holabird, Maryland, 20 January 1919 E300/400 Poem on heroism and bravery of the Colored Soldier, "He fought once for our free-dom/ for justice now he fights/when all is over and he returns/will he be given RIGHTS?-The NEGRO wants but half a chance/just half and he will win/he will lift old GLORY over the top/and plant it in Berlin."