<I>The Crisis, Vol. 3, No. 3</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 1912
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: Subject of
content: The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, American, 1895 - 1973
label: Illustrated by
content: John Henry Adams Jr., American, 1880 - 1944
label: Written by
content: John Haynes Holmes, American, 1879 - 1964
label: Written by
content: Leslie Pinckney Hill, American, 1880 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: January 1912 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The cover is printed in red with a portrait illustration of a woman by John Henry Adams at center. The title across the top reads [THE CRISIS] followed by an illustration of a winged Egyptian figure and [A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES]. To the top right of the illustration is printed [The NEW YEAR / JANUARY, 1912 / Volume 3 : : Number 3]. Along the bottom is [ONE DOLLAR A YEAR] and [TEN CENTS A COPY]. There are two (2) staples on the spine. The back cover features advertisements for [THE FROGS / Announce Their First Stage Performance and / Midwinter Ball] and Robert N. Wood printer.
label: Description
content: The interior contents include the sections: [ALONG THE COLOR LINE / MEN OF THE MONTH / OPINION / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / EDITORIAL / HERE IN THE TIME OF WINTER MORN Poem by William Moore / THE DOUGLASS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA / HISTORIC DAYS IN JANUARY / THE BURDEN / THE VISION OF A LYNCHER Poem by Leslie Pinckney Hill / WHAT TO READ]. In addition are advertisements, announcements, news stories, and illustrations. The N.A.A.C.P. section includes the text of a speech given by J.A. Holmes on lynching, accompanied by a reproduction of a photo postcard of the body of an unidentified lynching victim in Andalusia, Alabama sent to Mr. Holmes with a warning.
label: Description
content: There are approximately 42 pages.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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: Literature
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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
label: Movement
content: Anti-Lynching Movement
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: 2015.97.14.2
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)