Description
August 1911 issue of The Crisis Magazine.There is a double-lined rectangular border on the cover. The center of the cover features a portrait illustration of a woman. It is signed "John Henry Adams". The title across the top reads [THE CRISIS / A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES] underneath which is printed [Volume Two - AUGUST 1911 - Number Four]. Along the bottom is [ONE DOLLAR A YEAR] and [TEN CENTS A COPY]. There are two (2) staples on the spine. The back cover features advertisements for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and training School in Philadelphia and [Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York] by Mary White Ovington.The interior contents include [ALONG THE COLOR LINE / MEN OF THE MONTH / OPINION: / The Bristow Amendment / A Brave Young Man / A Southerner Speaks / The Open Door / Music / THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: / The New York Branch / The Oklahoma Lynching / Dr. DuBois in Europe / Incorporation / THE WORLD IN COUNCIL / EDITORIAL / A SOUTHERN WOMAN'S VIEWS / THE HEART'S DESIRE / THE CONGO EXPRESS / SOME LETTERS / WHAT TO READ / EXCAVATIONS IN ETHIOPIA]. In addition are advertisements, announcements, news stories, a poem, illustrations and letters. There are approximately 42 pages.Transcribed by digital volunteers
Ink On Paper With Metal
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Smithsonian InstitutionKeywords
- Adams, John Henry
- Advertising
- Africa
- African American
- African Americans
- Associations And Institutions
- Business
- Civil Rights
- Colonialism
- Colonies
- Description And Travel
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
- Education
- French Colonialism
- Literature
- Lynching
- Mass Media
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- Poetry
- Race Relations
- Social Life And Customs
- Social Reform
- Society
- The Crisis
- Travel
- U.S. History, 1865 1921