<I>The Crisis, Vol. 14, No. 1</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 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: Georgia Douglas Johnson, American, 1880 - 1966
label: Written by
content: Jessie Redmon Fauset, American, 1882 - 1961
notes: label: Description
content: May 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The cover is printed in black and features an illustration of a young woman with a large feather in her hair, standing next to a large vase of flowers sitting on a small table. The printing is cropped closely along the edge of the illustration and set against a plain white background. At top right is printed [THE / MAY / CRISIS / 1917]. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for [THE CRISIS Book Mart].
label: Description
content: The interior contents include [PICTURES], listed as [COVER. / FRENCH AFRICAN TROOPS / FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS]; [ARTICLES] listed as ["THERE WAS ONE TIME." A Story. By Jessie Fauset/ THE MAN WHO NEVER SOLD AN ACRE. By J.B. Woods / A SONNET. By G. Douglas Johnson] and [DEPARTMENTS], listed as [EDITORIAL / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / THE OUTER POCKET / THE LOOKING GLASS / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE HORIZON]. The Editorial section includes missives titled "The World Last Month," about the war, "Loyalty," "The Migration," about African American laborers moving from the South, "A Moral Void," "Register and Vote," and "The White Church." 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: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 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
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content: International affairs
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content: Literature
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content: Mass media
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content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Religion
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: 2015.97.15.2
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: 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)