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November 1917

November 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine.
The front cover features an illustration of a woman in profile in the center; she wears a beaded necklace and drop bead earrings. The illustration is signed [Frank / Walts] at the bottom right. At the top is [THE CRISIS] printed in hand-lettered, shadowed block font with [TEN CENTS] and [NOVEMBER 1917] printed below. The back cover of the magazine features two columns of advertisements. Advertisements include “$3.00 Suit Tailored to Your Measure” and one for Gadsden Doll Co., among others.
The interior contents include [PICTURES] listed as [COVER. A STUDY FROM LIFE. By Frank Walts. / TO AMERICA. Drawn by Laura Wheeler / MEN OF THE MONTH / SHADOWS OF LIGHT. / With Portraits of Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook, The Empress Taitou, and the Cadets of Officers' Training Camp No. 17], [ARTICLES] listed as [TO AMERICA. A POEM. By James Weldon Johnson / HOUSTON. AN N.A.A.C.P. INVESTIGATION By Martha Gruening / VOTES FOR ALL. A SYMPOSIUM. By Anna Howard Shaw, Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay], and [DEPARTMENTS] listed as [EDITORIAL / MEN OF THE MONTH / THE LOOKING GLASS / THE HORIZON]. The "Editorial" section begins with an article titled [THE OATH OF THE NEGRO VOTER] and continues with titles including "Women Voters," "Hampton," and "Mr. Flipper." The NAACP section consists on a report of the Houston riot, beginning with the statement "The primary cause of the Houston riot was the habitual brutality of the white police officers of Houston in their treatment of colored people." The "Votes for All" feature consists of statements from the National American Woman Suffrage Association and New York City Woman Suffrage Party. "The Horizon" section includes sub-sections on "The War" and "Riots." There are advertisements, photographs, and illustrations throughout.
There are approximately 50 pages.

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Title • The Crisis, Vol. 15, No. 1

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THE CRISIS, VOL. 15, NO. 1

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1910s • 1914-1918

The Crisis • Hampton University • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) • Cook, Coralie Franklin • Waring, Laura Wheeler • National American Woman Suffrage Association • Walts, Frank • Johnson, James Weldon • Shaw, Anna Howard • Catt, Carrie Chapman • Flipper, Henry Ossian • Hay, Mary Garrett

New York City • United States • North and Central America • Texas • Harris County • Hampton • Virginia • Ethiopia • East Africa • Houston

Women • WW I • Literature • World War, 1914-1918 • Black Press • Social reform • Women's organizations • U.S. History, 1865-1921 • Suffrage • Education • Race riots • 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 • City • Houston • County • Harris County • State • Texas • City • Hampton • State • Virginia • Country • Ethiopia • Region • East Africa • Continent • Africa

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