cover image: The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 4

The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 4

1917

August 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The front cover features a color, full page, art nouveau style design with an illustration of a young man and a young woman in front of a landscape with a lake or river inset into a circle and flanked by vines with leaves and grapes. At top is [THE CRISIS] and set into the design below the illustration is [VACATION / NUMBER / AUGUST, 1917: 10 CENTS A COPY]. [W.M. FARROW] is set into the bottom center of the design. The interior contents consist of [PICTURES] listed as [COVER. / SCENES FROM IDLEWILD / SHADOWS OF LIGHT / MEN OF THE MONTH], [ARTICLES] listed as [CONCERNING THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL. By Mary B. Talbert / IDLEWILD / THE BEST SUMMER I EVER SPENT. By H.H. Thweatt / THREE POEMS By Lucian B. Watkins / LAUGHING IN AND OUT. A Poem. By Edward Ide / "GRAY EYES." A Story. By "Jack Howard." Part II / TEARS AND KISSES. A Poem. By G. Douglas Johnson] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / THE LOOKING GLASS / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes articles titled "The World Last Month," "Roosevelt," "The Present," and "Team Work," among others. The "Through the Looking Glass" department has several pages devoted to an article titled [THE RIOT IN EAST ST. LOUIS]. The photographs in the "Shadows of Light" section include several images of South African laborers in France, sports teams, and military photographs from the war. The NAACP consists of an article titled [THE LYNCHING AT MEMPHIS] about the lynching of Ell Persons. The feature article is about Idlewild, a vacation resort in Michigan. There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout. There are approximately 50 pages. Transcribed by digital volunteers
education advertising business civil rights colonialism literature mass media african americans poetry race relations travel women's organizations labor military labor unions recreation society african american world war i social life and customs social reform race riots world war, 1914-1918 lynching description and travel associations and institutions black press national association for the advancement of colored people british colonialism the crisis farrow, william mcknight du bois, w. e. b. (william edward burghardt) johnson, georgia douglas talbert, mary burnett watkins, lucian b douglass, frederick anti-lynching movement u.s. history, 1865-1921 persons, ell women's club movement

Authors

W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963, The Crisis, American, founded 1910, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909, Ell Persons, American, died 1917, Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895, William McKnight Farrow, American, 1885 - 1967, Mary Burnett Talbert, American, 1866 - 1923, Lucian B. Watkins, American, 1878 - 1920, Georgia Douglas Johnson, American, 1880 - 1966

Collection
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Documents and Published Materials-Published Works Anti-Lynching Movement Women's Club Movement
Dates
August 1917
Format
Ink on paper with metal
Pages
H x W: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm) H x W (Open): 10 × 13 1/2 in. (25.4 × 34.3 cm)
Place Discussed
United States of America France South Africa
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
South Africa
Rights
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4caaf4b25ab15e748d74ea153e06eb45

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