Published by
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
Edited by
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
Subject of
Turner Spaulding, Valdora, American, 1919 - 1988
The Crisis, American, founded 1910
Date
October 1922
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 × 6 7/8 in. (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Description
The October 1922 (Vol. 24 No. 6) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a portrait of Valdora Turner. The portrait is a black-and-white photograph featuring Valdora looking towards the camera. Her hair is shoulder-length and parted to one side. She holds a dark cloth around her and her shoulders and arms are bare. Beneath the portrait is printed "Children's Number." Handwritten vertically by the bottom right edge of the portrait is the inscription "Valdora Turner Spaulding." The interior content includes advertisements, photographs and illustrations, three poems and a short story, an opinion piece by W.E.B. DuBois entitled, "The Children, Marriage, Birth, Infancy, Childhood, Education, The End of It All," and stories about the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the Y.M.C.A. There are approximately 48 pages.
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Women's Club Movement
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Associations and institutions
Black Press
Children
Education
Literature
Mass media
Motherhood
Politics
Race relations
Women
Women's organizations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jacqueline E. McCoy and Charles Frazer III
Object number
2011.77.2
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c6522298-28f8-4c1f-80f5-30b8b4c44701

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