Atlanta, Georgia
Articles about Atlanta, Georgia from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Atlanta, Georgia (26 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that focus on Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 (Dec) | The Ghetto | Denounces the ghetto and racial segregation as undemocratic, urging education and interracial association. |
| 1911 (May) | ‘Social Equality’ | Argues that ‘social equality’ means humanity for Black Americans, exposing Southern hypocrisy and urging education and labor. |
| 1912 (Jan) | Fraud and Imitation | Exposes impostors who exploit white praise and counterfeit educational groups to undermine Black progress and unity. |
| 1912 (Jun) | The Odd Fellows | Argues the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows must educate Black voters to strengthen democracy and prevent oligarchy. |
| 1913 (Jan) | The Newest South | Lauds the newest South where interracial leaders openly confront race problems and denounces the old South’s racist press. |
| 1914 (Feb) | Don’t Be Bitter | Rejects pleas to ‘’not be bitter,’’ arguing Black Americans’’ calm demands for voting rights, racial justice, and dignity. |
| 1914 (Jun) | Murder | Shows how race prejudice fuels nationwide violence and unusually high murder rates, exposing a moral crisis. |
| 1915 (Feb) | Frank | Condemns Southern racial and religious prejudice and the legal failures that nearly led to Leo Frank’s lynching. |
| 1916 (Jun) | Deception | Exposes how the southern press racially deceives readers, false-equating North and South and blocking justice. |
| 1917 (Jan) | Schools | Defends Black secondary and higher schools, denouncing philanthropic gatekeeping that threatens Black education. |
| 1920 (May) | Atlanta | Demands voting rights, an end to lynching and Jim Crow, and equal education, labor, and racial democracy. |
| 1920 (Jul) | In Georgia | Declares the NAACP’’s Atlanta meeting an epoch: Black demands for vote, anti-lynching, education, labor and full democracy. |
| 1921 (Jan) | Thrift | Urges Black thrift and democratic control of capital—saving, investment, and education as keys to racial and economic freedom |
| 1921 (Mar) | Of Cold Feet | Condemns patriotic bluster and cowardly refusal to protest a libelous film, a moral critique of civic duty and race. |
| 1921 (Apr) | Tulsa | Demands remembrance of Tulsa, praises Black self-defense and cooperative rebuilding, and urges support for justice. |
| 1925 (Jun) | Disenfranchisement | Documents how literacy tests, poll taxes and the White Primary disenfranchise Black voters and hollow democracy. |
| 1926 (Feb) | The Newer South | Critiques the New South’s Jim Crow, lynching, and educational neglect while urging white Southerners to join racial justice. |
| 1927 (Jan) | Our Methods | Defends NAACP methods, arguing organized protest and legal action advance racial justice, democracy, and labor rights. |
| 1928 (Mar) | Augustus G. Dill | Discusses Augustus G. Dill’s withdrawal as The Crisis’ business manager, highlighting labor, sacrifice, and leadership challenges in 1928. |
| 1929 (Feb) | A Pilgrimage To The Negro Schools | Profiles Negro schools, lauds student vitality, critiques institutional shortcomings and Jim Crow in The Crisis. |
| 1929 (May) | The Negro Citizen | Argues that Black political power—secure voting rights—is essential to democracy, education, labor and racial justice. |
| 1930 (Aug) | Freedom of Speech | Condemns silencing of Communists, arguing free speech is essential to democracy and resists racial oppression. |
| 1933 (Feb) | Dodging the Issue | Attacks calls for nonresistance, blaming Southern mob violence and economic power for racial injustice. |
| 1933 (Dec) | A Matter of Manners | Criticizes how Southern racial insults erode Black manners and urges reclaiming courtesy as dignity and self-respect. |
| 1934 (Jun) | Counsels of Despair | Rejects counsels of despair, urging race uplift through education, institutions, and strategic anti-segregation action. |
| 1951 (Mar) | Editing The Crisis | Recounts founding and editing The Crisis, showing how editorial independence and reportage advanced race, democracy, and the NAACP. |
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