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 | In The Crisis (1910) W.E.B. Du Bois denounces the ghetto and racial segregation as undemocratic, urging education and interracial association. |
| 1911 (May) | ‘Social Equality’ | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1911) argues that ‘social equality’ means humanity for Black Americans, exposing Southern hypocrisy and urging education and labor. |
| 1912 (Jan) | Fraud and Imitation | W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1912), exposes impostors who exploit white praise and counterfeit educational groups to undermine Black progress and unity. |
| 1912 (Jun) | The Odd Fellows | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1912) argues the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows must educate Black voters to strengthen democracy and prevent oligarchy. |
| 1913 (Jan) | The Newest South | In 1913 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis 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 | 1914: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis rejects pleas to ‘not be bitter,’ arguing Black Americans’ calm demands for voting rights, racial justice, and dignity. |
| 1914 (Jun) | Murder | In 1914 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis shows how race prejudice fuels nationwide violence and unusually high murder rates, exposing a moral crisis. |
| 1915 (Feb) | Frank | In The Crisis (1915), W.E.B. Du Bois condemns Southern racial and religious prejudice and the legal failures that nearly led to Leo Frank’s lynching. |
| 1916 (Jun) | Deception | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1916) exposes how the southern press racially deceives readers, false-equating North and South and blocking justice. |
| 1917 (Jan) | Schools | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1917) defends Black secondary and higher schools, denouncing philanthropic gatekeeping that threatens Black education. |
| 1920 (May) | Atlanta | In The Crisis (1920), W.E.B. Du Bois demands voting rights, an end to lynching and Jim Crow, and equal education, labor, and racial democracy. |
| 1920 (Jul) | In Georgia | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1920) declares the NAACP’s Atlanta meeting an epoch: Black demands for vote, anti-lynching, education, labor and full democracy. |
| 1921 (Jan) | Thrift | 1921: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis urges Black thrift and democratic control of capital—saving, investment, and education as keys to racial and economic freedom |
| 1921 (Mar) | Of Cold Feet | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1921) condemns patriotic bluster and cowardly refusal to protest a libelous film, a moral critique of civic duty and race. |
| 1921 (Apr) | Tulsa | In The Crisis (1921), W.E.B. Du Bois demands remembrance of Tulsa, praises Black self-defense and cooperative rebuilding, and urges support for justice. |
| 1925 (Jun) | Disenfranchisement | In a 1925 essay for The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois documents how literacy tests, poll taxes and the White Primary disenfranchise Black voters and hollow democracy. |
| 1926 (Feb) | The Newer South | In The Crisis (1926), W.E.B. Du Bois critiques the New South’s Jim Crow, lynching, and educational neglect while urging white Southerners to join racial justice. |
| 1927 (Jan) | Our Methods | In The Crisis (1927) W.E.B. Du Bois defends NAACP methods, arguing organized protest and legal action advance racial justice, democracy, and labor rights. |
| 1928 (Mar) | Augustus G. Dill | W.E.B. Du Bois 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 | In 1929 W.E.B. Du Bois profiles Negro schools, lauds student vitality, critiques institutional shortcomings and Jim Crow in The Crisis. |
| 1929 (May) | The Negro Citizen | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1929) argues that Black political power—secure voting rights—is essential to democracy, education, labor and racial justice. |
| 1930 (Aug) | Freedom of Speech | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1930) condemns silencing of Communists, arguing free speech is essential to democracy and resists racial oppression. |
| 1933 (Feb) | Dodging the Issue | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1933) attacks calls for nonresistance, blaming Southern mob violence and economic power for racial injustice. |
| 1933 (Dec) | A Matter of Manners | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1933) criticizes how Southern racial insults erode Black manners and urges reclaiming courtesy as dignity and self-respect. |
| 1934 (Jun) | Counsels of Despair | In The Crisis (1934) W.E.B. Du Bois rejects counsels of despair, urging race uplift through education, institutions, and strategic anti-segregation action. |
| 1951 (Mar) | Editing The Crisis | In 1951 W.E.B. Du Bois recounts founding and editing The Crisis, showing how editorial independence and reportage advanced race, democracy, and the NAACP. |
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