The Crisis
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==Close Readings== | ==Close Readings== | ||
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===Volume 1, Number 1=== | ===Volume 1, Number 1=== | ||
"The object of this publication is to set forth those facts and arguments which show the clanger of race prejudice, particularly as manifested today toward colored people." This is the first line of Editorial Article in the first issue of this magazine, and it very clearly detects what is to be expected from all future volumes. The motive behind "The Crisis" is one which is particularly fragile at the beginning of the 20th century, and this magazine is arguably necessary as a way of communicating the overall state of racial discrimination that the country was in. For example, also in the magazine it is stated that it was not right to let African-Americans vote without being educated, with "the colored people should have been educated first, and then gradually emancipated. It was a mistake to set them free untutored and helpless." This, along with other opinions, illustrated the turmoil that society was in, over racial inclusion in society; which was played into when it came time to bring our country into the first World War. | "The object of this publication is to set forth those facts and arguments which show the clanger of race prejudice, particularly as manifested today toward colored people." This is the first line of Editorial Article in the first issue of this magazine, and it very clearly detects what is to be expected from all future volumes. The motive behind "The Crisis" is one which is particularly fragile at the beginning of the 20th century, and this magazine is arguably necessary as a way of communicating the overall state of racial discrimination that the country was in. For example, also in the magazine it is stated that it was not right to let African-Americans vote without being educated, with "the colored people should have been educated first, and then gradually emancipated. It was a mistake to set them free untutored and helpless." This, along with other opinions, illustrated the turmoil that society was in, over racial inclusion in society; which was played into when it came time to bring our country into the first World War. | ||
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===Volume 17, Number 2=== | ===Volume 17, Number 2=== | ||
| − | + | Within this issue there is an overall theme of patriotism, with the inclusion of the song manuscript for "America the Beautiful" and many articles revolved around an overall sense of love for the United States. The positive feeling that is evident is most likely an affect of the ending of World War 1, this had most citizens in good spirits. One soldier still in France at this time sent in a letter the The Crisis that ended on a good note with "colored America has more than justified the hopes of those who have always believed in it, and more than earned all that we have demanded for it. I take off my hat to the courage and devoted patriotism of black men in this war." | |
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
