<I>The Crisis, Vol. 15, No. 1</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 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: Written by
content: James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938
label: Illustrated by
content: Laura Wheeler Waring, American, 1887 - 1948
label: Illustrated by
content: Frank Walts, American
label: Subject of
content: National American Woman Suffrage Association, American, 1890 - 1920
label: Subject of
content: Henry Ossian Flipper, American, 1856 - 1940
label: Subject of
content: Hampton University, American, founded 1868
label: Subject of
content: Coralie Franklin Cook, American, born 1861
label: Written by
content: Anna Howard Shaw, American, 1847 - 1919
label: Written by
content: Carrie Chapman Catt, American, 1859 - 1947
label: Written by
content: Mary Garrett Hay, American, 1857 - 1928
notes: label: Description
content: November 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The front cover features an illustration of a woman in profile in the center; she wears a beaded necklace and drop bead earrings. The illustration is signed [Frank / Walts] at the bottom right. At the top is [THE CRISIS] printed in hand-lettered, shadowed block font with [TEN CENTS] and [NOVEMBER 1917] printed below. The back cover of the magazine features two columns of advertisements. Advertisements include “$3.00 Suit Tailored to Your Measure” and one for Gadsden Doll Co., among others.
label: Description
content: The interior contents include [PICTURES] listed as [COVER. A STUDY FROM LIFE. By Frank Walts. / TO AMERICA. Drawn by Laura Wheeler / MEN OF THE MONTH / SHADOWS OF LIGHT. / With Portraits of Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook, The Empress Taitou, and the Cadets of Officers' Training Camp No. 17], [ARTICLES] listed as [TO AMERICA. A POEM. By James Weldon Johnson / HOUSTON. AN N.A.A.C.P. INVESTIGATION By Martha Gruening / VOTES FOR ALL. A SYMPOSIUM. By Anna Howard Shaw, Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay], and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE LOOKING GLASS / THE HORIZON]. The "Editorial" section begins with an article titled [THE OATH OF THE NEGRO VOTER] and continues with titles including "Women Voters," "Hampton," and "Mr. Flipper." The NAACP section consists on a report of the Houston riot, beginning with the statement "The primary cause of the Houston riot was the habitual brutality of the white police officers of Houston in their treatment of colored people." The "Votes for All" feature consists of statements from the National American Woman Suffrage Association and New York City Woman Suffrage Party. "The Horizon" section includes sub-sections on "The War" and "Riots." 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: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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
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content: Education
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content: Literature
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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
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content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Women
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
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: 2015.97.15.5
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 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.1 × 17.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.1 × 34.6 cm)