The Crisis, Vol. 4, No. 3
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Subject of
- The Crisis, American, founded 1910
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Written by
- Fauset, Jessie Redmon, American, 1882 - 1961
- Schomburg, Arturo Alfonso, Puerto Rican, 1874 - 1938
- Subject of
- Estenoz Corominas, Evaristo, Cuban, 1872 - 1912
- Written by
- Hershaw, Lafayette M., American, 1863 - 1945
- Johnston, Bertha, American, 1864 - 1953
- Date
- July 1912
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.1 × 17.5 cm)
- H x W (Open): 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.1 × 34.6 cm)
- Description
- July 1912 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
- 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].
- 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.
- There are approximately 42 pages.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Black Press
- Business
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Literature
- Lynching
- Mass media
- Poetry
- Prisons
- Race relations
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.14.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.