Colored People does nt mean blacks during that time there were yellow which was asian red which was native american black which negro jews weren t considered to be white nor caucasion and white which was caucasian While this debate ravages on i ll simply place a dubious argument on the page You can say who the magazine was started for but you ve provided no proof on who it was started for Since you quoted PBS I ll share with you another statement from the same website Du Bois made THE CRISIS into a militant voice in the crusade for black civil rights and for the rights of all people of color