The Crisis

This issue was published at the start of World War 1; as pointed out within the timeline, included within the magazine is an illustration by "The New York Herald" that depicts the Battle of Marne in France. The story behind the photo was that the Germans at the time were invading France and advancing toward Paris, but the French, allied with the British Expeditionary Force, decided to intervene before they could get there.  As the caption below the picture put it, "after many had been slain on both sides the Germans retreated." This relates to our overall thesis in that the illustration was the initial mentioning of the war in "The Crisis", and many more were to follow.

This issue was published at the start of World War 1; as pointed out within the timeline, included within the magazine is an illustration by "The New York Herald" that depicts the Battle of Marne in France. The story behind the photo was that the Germans at the time were invading France and advancing toward Paris, but the French, allied with the British Expeditionary Force, decided to intervene before they could get there.  As the caption below the picture put it, "after many had been slain on both sides the Germans retreated." This relates to our overall thesis in that the illustration was the initial mentioning of the war in "The Crisis", and many more were to follow.

This particular issue is one that contained the most occurrences of the word "war." It has many different anecdotes that describe how the war effected people all over the world. One specific story that was printed was one of a girl in Paris, France who had watched many black soldiers march down their streets. She explained, "I had but one fear for them, and that was that they might become demoralized by the example set by some of our highly civilized friends..." Here she is sharing that she is afraid of how African-American soldiers will become effected by the actions of prejudice white people of this time, or how their lives will change after the war.

This particular issue is one that contained the most occurrences of the word "war." It has many different anecdotes that describe how the war effected people all over the world. One specific story that was printed was one of a girl in Paris, France who had watched many black soldiers march down their streets. She explained, "I had but one fear for them, and that was that they might become demoralized by the example set by some of our highly civilized friends..." Here she is sharing that she is afraid of how African-American soldiers will become effected by the actions of prejudice white people of this time, or how their lives will change after the war.