<I>The Crisis, Vol. 4, No. 3</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 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: Written by
content: Jessie Redmon Fauset, American, 1882 - 1961
label: Written by
content: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, Puerto Rican, 1874 - 1938
label: Subject of
content: Evaristo Estenoz Corominas, Cuban, 1872 - 1912
label: Written by
content: Lafayette M. Hershaw, American, 1863 - 1945
label: Written by
content: Bertha Johnston, American, 1864 - 1953
notes: label: Description
content: July 1912 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
label: Description
content: The cover is printed in red with a photographic portrait of a woman 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]. Beneath this is printed [Volume Four July, 1912 Number Three]. 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 a hotel in Cape May, New Jersey and ["HALF A MAN" The Status of the Negro in New York].
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 / THE YEAR IN COLORED COLLEGES / THE MONTESSORI METHOD By Jessie Fauset / THE FAITHS OF THE TEACHERS / THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN / GENERAL EVARISTO ESTENOZ By Arthur A. Schomburg / PROTECTION / WOMEN'S CLUBS A Social Center at Hampton / HISTORIC DAYS IN JULY / THE BURDEN / "I MET A LITTLE BLUE-EYED GIRL" Poem by Bertha Johnson / LETTER BOX]. In addition are advertisements, announcements, news stories, photographs and illustrations. Sub-sections in "Along the Color Line" include Education, Political, The Church, Meetings, Social Uplift, Economics, Personal, The Ghetto, Courts, Crime, and Music and Art. The feature on colleges includes photograph portraits of graduates. "The Burden" section has a running count of "Colored Men Lynched Without Trial" and a short article titled "Delinquent Girls in Missouri" about finding alternatives to sending girls to the penitentiary.
label: Description
content: There are approximately 42 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: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Missouri, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hampton, Virginia, 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: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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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: 2015.97.14.4
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: 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)