The Crisis

Through various reading strategies, we were able to see how this magazine related to African-Americans at this time period and how the authors illustrated the influence of World War 1 to everyday citizens. The timeline and Voyant tools helped us dissect different qualities of the issues, from the occurrence of specific war related words, to an overall chronological organization of specific events. For example, the word "war" started to appear much more frequently during World War 1 than any preceding years. In the years subsequent to World War 1, the term "war" began to subside, but the focus was still aimed towards expressing the struggles that African-Americans go through on a regular basis. In the end, it is evident through the wordage of this magazine over time of what effects the war had on African-Americans at this time.