cover image: The Crisis, Vol. 6, No. 4

The Crisis, Vol. 6, No. 4

1913

August 1913 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The cover is printed in green with a photograph of two men, a woman and a dog sitting under a large palm tree on the front lawn of a house at center. The title across the top reads [CALIFORNIA NUMBER / THE CRISIS]. Along the bottom is [AUGUST, 1913] and [TEN CENTS A COPY]. There are two (2) staples on the spine. The back cover features an advertisement for [BEST BOOKS] by The Dunbar Company. The interior contents consist of [ARTICLES] listed as [BILL HUDSON - HERO A Story. By T.R. Patten / OUR NEIGHBORS. A Poem By H. Pearson / COLORED CALIFORNIA] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [ALONG THE COLOR LINE / MEN OF THE MONTH / OPINION / EDITORIAL / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE]. In addition are advertisements, announcements, advertisements, photographs and illustrations. The "Along the Color Line" section includes sub-sections titled Social Uplift, Church, Music and Art, Courts, The Ghetto, Crime, Foreign. The Editorial section includes an article titled "A National Emancipation Exposition," an article titled "Burleson" about the Postmaster General and "gradual weeding of the Negro out of civil service in the United States until he is left in only menial positions," an article titled "Orphans" about the Colored Orphans Asylum of New York City, an article "Slavery" about South Africa, and an article titled "Civil Rights." The feature article "Colored California" includes several photographs of businesses, homes, families, and communities in Los Angeles. There are approximately 50 pages. Transcribed by digital volunteers
government education advertising business civil rights family literature mass media african americans poetry race relations labor labor unions families society communities african american social life and customs social reform domestic life 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 american west

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

Collection
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Dates
August 1913
Format
Ink on paper with metal
Pages
H x W: 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.8 × 17.1 cm) H x W (Open): 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (24.8 × 34.3 cm)
Place Discussed
United States of America 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/3e58d8be9f80f28f7d789afd2c7e3be9

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