The Crisis
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | This magazine is a direct representation of the varying struggles that African-Americans went through in the early 20th century. Through the issues that the Modernist Journals Project offers, we can see the how African Americans went through life during the early 1900s. With World War 1 and women's suffrage going on during this time, the main focus of this magazine was to share different stories of African-Americans. This magazine is illustrated through editorial articles, opinion-based essays, detailed pictures, or drawings in the earlier years, and even the advertisements found at the end of every issue. With this webpage, and through investigation of the issues of The Crisis offered on the Modernist Journals Project, we hope to answer the question of whether women's suffrage or World War 1 had more of an effect on African Americans. | + | ===Rationale=== |
| + | This magazine is a direct representation of the varying struggles that African-Americans went through in the early 20th century. Through the issues that the Modernist Journals Project offers, we can see the how African Americans went through life during the early 1900s. With World War 1 and women's suffrage going on during this time, the main focus of this magazine was to share different stories of African-Americans. This magazine is illustrated through editorial articles, opinion-based essays, detailed pictures, or drawings in the earlier years, and even the advertisements found at the end of every issue. | ||
| + | We will investigate the different sections of these issues and look into which of these two social situations has more of an impact into the daily life of African-Americans of this time. | ||
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| + | ===Method=== | ||
| + | We will consider the suffrage movement and World War 1 through a timeline of specific issues of the magazines, to see where in time the two concepts differ. Then, we will use a mapping tool to grasp how soldiers perceived the war. Also, through close readings we will gain a better understanding of how people of this time are taking the varying influences that the two movements are having on society. Lastly, we will utilize Voyant tools to see within the magazine, which individual words involved in both concepts caused a trend of usage. With this webpage, and through investigation of the issues of The Crisis offered on the Modernist Journals Project, we hope to answer the question of whether women's suffrage or World War 1 had more of an effect on African Americans. | ||
