<I>The Crisis, Vol. 6, No. 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 1913
name: label: Edited by
content: W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: The Crisis, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Illustrated by
content: Vincent Ellsworth Saunders, American
label: Illustrated by
content: Lorenzo W. Harris, American, born 1888
label: Subject of
content: Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés, Cuban, 1809 - 1844
label: Subject of
content: Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
notes: label: Description
content: June 1913 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The front cover features a circular bordered photograph of a woman at center, signed [VE Saunders]. Across the top is [The CRISIS], at bottom right is [June 1913] and at bottom left is [Ten Cents A Copy]. There are staples in the spine. The back cover features advertisements for a hotel in Cape May, New Jersey and Southern Railway.
label: Description
content: The interior contents include [COVER PICTURE. By Vincent Ellsworth Saunders / CARTOON. By Lorenzo W. Harris] and [ARTICLES] listed as [PLACIDO. Poet and Martyr By José Clarana / AN OATH OF AFRO-AMERICAN YOUTH By Kelly Miller] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [ALONG THE COLOR LINE / MEN OF THE MONTH / OPINION / EDITORIAL / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / WHAT TO READ]. Also included are advertisements, announcements, photographs, illustrations, and letters. The "Along the Color Line" section includes sub-sections titled Education, Politics, Social Uplift, Economics, Personal, Crime, Courts, Meetings, Music and Art, The Ghetto. The feature article is about the Cuban poet Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés, known as Plácido, and his execution by Spanish colonial authorities in 1844. There are photographs of Wilberforce University and of the newly opened "Carnegie library for colored people at Houston, Texas."
label: Description
content: There are approximately 50 pages.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Poetry
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content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Spanish colonialism
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.14.7
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.8 × 17.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (24.8 × 34.3 cm)