<I>The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 4</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 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: Subject of
content: Ell Persons, American, died 1917
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Illustrated by
content: William McKnight Farrow, American, 1885 - 1967
label: Written by
content: Mary Burnett Talbert, American, 1866 - 1923
label: Written by
content: Lucian B. Watkins, American, 1878 - 1920
label: Written by
content: Georgia Douglas Johnson, American, 1880 - 1966
notes: label: Description
content: August 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The front cover features a color, full page, art nouveau style design with an illustration of a young man and a young woman in front of a landscape with a lake or river inset into a circle and flanked by vines with leaves and grapes. At top is [THE CRISIS] and set into the design below the illustration is [VACATION / NUMBER / AUGUST, 1917: 10 CENTS A COPY]. [W.M. FARROW] is set into the bottom center of the design.
label: Description
content: The interior contents consist of [PICTURES] listed as [COVER. / SCENES FROM IDLEWILD / SHADOWS OF LIGHT / MEN OF THE MONTH], [ARTICLES] listed as [CONCERNING THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL. By Mary B. Talbert / IDLEWILD / THE BEST SUMMER I EVER SPENT. By H.H. Thweatt / THREE POEMS By Lucian B. Watkins / LAUGHING IN AND OUT. A Poem. By Edward Ide / "GRAY EYES." A Story. By "Jack Howard." Part II / TEARS AND KISSES. A Poem. By G. Douglas Johnson] and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / THE LOOKING GLASS / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes articles titled "The World Last Month," "Roosevelt," "The Present," and "Team Work," among others. The "Through the Looking Glass" department has several pages devoted to an article titled [THE RIOT IN EAST ST. LOUIS]. The photographs in the "Shadows of Light" section include several images of South African laborers in France, sports teams, and military photographs from the war. The NAACP consists of an article titled [THE LYNCHING AT MEMPHIS] about the lynching of Ell Persons. The feature article is about Idlewild, a vacation resort in Michigan. There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout.
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: France, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Idlewild, Lake County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Anacostia, Washington, District of Columbia, 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: British colonialism
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Lynching
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content: Mass media
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content: Military
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content: Poetry
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content: Race relations
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content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Recreation
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content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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
label: Movement
content: Anti-Lynching Movement
label: Movement
content: Women's Club 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: 2015.97.15.4
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: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 10 × 13 1/2 in. (25.4 × 34.3 cm)