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June 1918

June 1918 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
The front cover of the magazine is printed in blue, red and brown and features a full page illustration of a soldier holding a rifle. There are red and blue vertical stripes either side of the soldier, and a blue circle behind him. There is blue text at the top of the cover which reads [The CRISIS / JUNE 1918 / SOLDIERS / NUMBER]. There are some small tears on the front cover. There are staples on the spine, which is tearing in several places. The back cover of the magazine is printed in blue and features an advertisement for “Beauty for Women” with Kashmir Chemical Co., and information about advertising rates for the magazine.
The issue is military themed. The interior contents include [PICTURES] listed as [COVER: After the poster painted by Robert Edmund Jones for the Circle for Negro War Relief. / JUDGE TERRELL / THE LATE MAJOR WALKER / NEGRO OFFICERS / NEGRO SOLDIERS], [ARTICLES] listed as [A LETTER FROM GENERAL BALLOU / A LOST DIALOGUE OF PLATO. By John D. Swain / A SONNET TO NEGRO SOLIDERS. A Poem. By Joseph Seaman Cotter / WAR PROFILES. By Fenton Johnson], and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / THE LOOKING GLASS / NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE / THE HORIZON]. The "Editorial" section begins with a message to Du Bois from the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, which is followed by an editorial titled "Comrade to Comrade" by Col. Charles Young. "The Looking Glass" section has a photograph and story of "Colored Teachers of Principal Reid's School" in Wilson, North Carolina where the entire staff resigned in protest after a teacher was slapped by the white superintendent. Several sections have articles about a federal anti-lynching bill. There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout.
There are approximately 50 pages.

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H x W: 9 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (24.4 × 17.5 cm)
H x W (Open): 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 in. (24.4 × 34.6 cm)

Title • The Crisis, Vol. 16, No. 2

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THE CRISIS, VOL. 16, NO. 2

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1910s • 1914-1918

The Crisis • Young, Charles • Terrell, Robert Herberton • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Baker, Newton D. • Cotter, Joseph Seamon • Jones, Robert Edmond • Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) • Johnson, Fenton • Ballou, Charles Clarendon

New York City • North Carolina • United States • North and Central America • Europe • Wilson • Wilson County • France

WW I • Law • Literature • World War, 1914-1918 • Black Press • Social reform • U.S. History, 1865-1921 • Anti-Lynching Movement • Education • Lynching • Associations and institutions • Civil rights • Poetry • Mass media • Society • Advertising • Race relations • Business • Military

City • New York City • State • New York • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • Country • France • Continent • Europe • City • Wilson • County • Wilson County • State • North Carolina

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