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W 37 ife Career & Skills Walker did more than just talk about African American troops at Villa Lewaro. She held herself accountable for making it clear how indebted the country was for their service. In February 1919, she told members of the entirely African American 369th Infantry to look at her home “as their own” and sponsored a twoweek open house for the returning soldiers and their families. Robinson), she voiced her pride in the African American soldiers and volunteers bravely fighting for their country.

By 1916, she was making more than $100,000 a year. 5 million today. Walker used a portion of her income to back African American artists, authors, performers, politicians, and scholars in Harlem, one of the city’s African American neighborhoods. The coming together of these creative minds, which blossomed into the Harlem Renaissance, was made possible in part because of philanthropists like Walker. She also supported passionate political groups that were calling for an end to discrimination. While it had been 49 years since Walker was born into the cotton fields of Louisiana, in some ways little had changed in the South.

Sadly, many of these men and women faced discrimination from white troops even while the war was raging. Walker encouraged Americans of all races to unite against the enemy, but she was quick to add that African Americans returning from the war deserved the same respect and consideration that white veterans received when they came home. The discussions that played out during the dinners at Villa Lewaro prompted both African American and white leaders to start considering how to achieve equal rights, even if it would be several more years before this goal was reached.

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