The Crisis Vol. 16 No. 2
Object Details
- Published by
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Edited by
- W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
- Illustrated by
- Robert Edmond Jones, American, 1887 - 1954
- Date
- June 1918
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 5/8 × 6 13/16 × 1/8 in. (24.4 × 17.3 × 0.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard
- Description
- The June 1918 (Vol. 16 No. 2) "Soldiers Issue" of The Crisis. The front cover features an image of a soldier standing at attention modeled after a poster painted by Robert Edmond Jones for the Circle for Negro War Relief. The image depicts a male soldier in uniform standing at attention with a rifle resting on his right shoulder. There is a blue circle behind the upper-half of the soldier’s body and red and blue stripes along the edges of each side. There are approximately 48 pages.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Object number
- 2012.84.8
- Type
- magazines (periodicals)
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Black Press
- Business
- Civil Rights
- Education
- Literature
- Mass media
- Poetry
- Politics
- Race relations
- Social life and customs
- Social reform
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.84.8
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