<I>The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 1917
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: Photograph by
content: C. M. Battey, American, 1873 - 1927
label: Written by
content: Leila Amos Pendleton, American
label: Written by
content: Otto Leland Bohanan, American, 1895 - 1932
label: Illustrated by
content: Lorenzo W. Harris, American, born 1888
notes: label: Description
content: June 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The front cover of the magazine features a full page black and white photograph of an older man, captured by C.M. Battey. The background is a dark grey. White text at the top left reads [THE CRISIS / JUNE / 1917]. The back cover of the magazine is a full page advertisement for [THE CRISIS Book Mart].
label: Description
content: The interior contents include [PICTURES], listed as [COVER. Photograph from Life. By Battey. / MAP OF NEGRO MIGRATION / SHADOWS OF LIGHT / THE THIRD SPRINGARN MEDALIST / CARTOON. By Lorenzo Harris / MEN OF THE MONTH], [ARTICLES] listed as [AUNT CALLINE'S SHEAVES. A Story. By Leila Amos Pendleton / THE MIGRATION OF NEGROES. By W.E.B. Du Bois / MAMMY. A Poem. By Otto Leland Bohanan] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / THE LOOKING GLASS / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes articles titled "Resolutions of the Washington Conference," "Officers," and "We Should Worry." The NAACP section consists of extracts from the legal brief of the Louisville Segregation Ordinance Case argued before the Supreme Court. Throughout are advertisements, announcements, photographs, and illustrations.
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: Louisville, Kentucky, 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: Education
label: Topic
content: Great Migration
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: World War I
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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: 2015.97.15.3
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)