Skip to main content

The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 2

View
@ National Museum of African American History and Culture

Leila Amos Pendleton, American

Description

June 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.The front cover of the magazine features a full page black and white photograph of an older man, captured by C.M. Battey. The background is a dark grey. White text at the top left reads [THE CRISIS / JUNE / 1917]. The back cover of the magazine is a full page advertisement for [THE CRISIS Book Mart].The interior contents include [PICTURES], listed as [COVER. Photograph from Life. By Battey. / MAP OF NEGRO MIGRATION / SHADOWS OF LIGHT / THE THIRD SPRINGARN MEDALIST / CARTOON. By Lorenzo Harris / MEN OF THE MONTH], [ARTICLES] listed as [AUNT CALLINE'S SHEAVES. A Story. By Leila Amos Pendleton / THE MIGRATION OF NEGROES. By W.E.B. Du Bois / MAMMY. A Poem. By Otto Leland Bohanan] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / THE LOOKING GLASS / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes articles titled "Resolutions of the Washington Conference," "Officers," and "We Should Worry." The NAACP section consists of extracts from the legal brief of the Louisville Segregation Ordinance Case argued before the Supreme Court. Throughout are advertisements, announcements, photographs, and illustrations.There are approximately 50 pages.
Format:
Ink On Paper With Metal
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
View Original At:

Record Contributed By

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution