cover image: The Crisis, Vol. 15, No. 1

The Crisis, Vol. 15, No. 1

1917

November 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The front cover features an illustration of a woman in profile in the center; she wears a beaded necklace and drop bead earrings. The illustration is signed [Frank / Walts] at the bottom right. At the top is [THE CRISIS] printed in hand-lettered, shadowed block font with [TEN CENTS] and [NOVEMBER 1917] printed below. The back cover of the magazine features two columns of advertisements. Advertisements include “$3.00 Suit Tailored to Your Measure” and one for Gadsden Doll Co., among others. The interior contents include [PICTURES] listed as [COVER. A STUDY FROM LIFE. By Frank Walts. / TO AMERICA. Drawn by Laura Wheeler / MEN OF THE MONTH / SHADOWS OF LIGHT. / With Portraits of Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook, The Empress Taitou, and the Cadets of Officers' Training Camp No. 17], [ARTICLES] listed as [TO AMERICA. A POEM. By James Weldon Johnson / HOUSTON. AN N.A.A.C.P. INVESTIGATION By Martha Gruening / VOTES FOR ALL. A SYMPOSIUM. By Anna Howard Shaw, Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay], and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE LOOKING GLASS / THE HORIZON]. The "Editorial" section begins with an article titled [THE OATH OF THE NEGRO VOTER] and continues with titles including "Women Voters," "Hampton," and "Mr. Flipper." The NAACP section consists on a report of the Houston riot, beginning with the statement "The primary cause of the Houston riot was the habitual brutality of the white police officers of Houston in their treatment of colored people." The "Votes for All" feature consists of statements from the National American Woman Suffrage Association and New York City Woman Suffrage Party. "The Horizon" section includes sub-sections on "The War" and "Riots." There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout. There are approximately 50 pages. Transcribed by digital volunteers
education women advertising business civil rights literature mass media african americans poetry race relations suffrage women's organizations military society african american world war i social life and customs social reform race riots world war, 1914-1918 associations and institutions black press national association for the advancement of colored people the crisis du bois, w. e. b. (william edward burghardt) u.s. history, 1865-1921 waring, laura wheeler hampton university cook, coralie franklin national american woman suffrage association flipper, henry ossian catt, carrie chapman walts, frank johnson, james weldon shaw, anna howard hay, mary garrett

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, James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938, Laura Wheeler Waring, American, 1887 - 1948, Frank Walts, American, National American Woman Suffrage Association, American, 1890 - 1920, Henry Ossian Flipper, American, 1856 - 1940, Hampton University, American, founded 1868, Coralie Franklin Cook, American, born 1861, Anna Howard Shaw, American, 1847 - 1919, Carrie Chapman Catt, American, 1859 - 1947, Mary Garrett Hay, American, 1857 - 1928

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Collection
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Dates
November 1917
Format
Ink on paper with metal
Pages
H x W: 9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.1 × 17.5 cm) H x W (Open): 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.1 × 34.6 cm)
Place Discussed
United States of America Ethiopia
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Ethiopia
Rights
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9b11a0b4b1da0c25330c651620756984

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