Europe
Articles about Europe from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Europe (18 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that focus on Europe.
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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 (Jan) | Envy | In 1911 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois critiques labeling Black leaders’ disagreements as ‘envy,’ arguing race leadership debates deserve principled scrutiny. |
| 1911 (Apr) | Forward Backward | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1911) critiques how the ‘Negro question’ stalls democracy and reform—exposing suffrage and moral hypocrisy. |
| 1914 (Apr) | Of the Children of Peace | 1914: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis condemns war as organized murder, urging mothers and children to demand peace and end death and hunger. |
| 1914 (May) | World War and the Color Line | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1914) argues World War stems from imperialism and the color line, warning race prejudice fuels global conflict. |
| 1915 (May) | Peace | 1915: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis argues that peace movements fail by ignoring race, colonial rule, and white supremacy as root causes of war. |
| 1915 (Jun) | Lusitania | In a 1915 essay for The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois condemns World War I as the unveiling of Western racial and imperial hypocrisy, affirming Black moral vindication. |
| 1916 (Mar) | The Battle of Europe | 1916 — In The Crisis W.E.B. Du Bois argues WWI exposes Western civilization’s brutality, prompting racial pride, democratic change, and cultural renewal. |
| 1917 (May) | The Migration | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1917) argues Black labor’s Great Migration meets Northern demand, exposes Southern racial hypocrisy and threats to Black freedom. |
| 1918 (Jan) | Close Ranks | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1918) calls on Black Americans to close ranks, set aside grievances, and defend democracy against German militarism. |
| 1918 (Apr) | The Boy Over There | In 1918 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis mourns Black youth lost in WWI and calls the race to support its soldiers, condemning neglect and moral cowardice. |
| 1918 (May) | Co-Operation | 1918: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis advocates cooperative economics as Black labor’s path to industrial emancipation and racial economic empowerment. |
| 1919 (Feb) | Reconstruction and Africa | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1919) exposes European colonial greed and hypocrisy, urging African self-rule and protection of native labor, culture and rights. |
| 1919 (Apr) | For What | In a 1919 The Crisis piece, W.E.B. Du Bois contrasts Parisian decency with U.S. racism and urges Black Americans to join European democracy. |
| 1919 (Jun) | Peace | In a 1919 essay in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois calls for a postwar reckoning—after WWI’s blood and terror, nations must choose peace, healing, and democracy. |
| 1921 (Apr) | The Second Pan-African Congress | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1921) announces the Second Pan-African Congress in Paris, arguing logistics and anti-colonial solidarity unite Black communities. |
| 1922 (Jan) | Coöperation | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1922) defends cooperative labor among Black Americans, warns of frauds, and showcases successful racial-economic organizing. |
| 1922 (Apr) | The Negro and Labor | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1922) exposes how race and labor intersect: white workers, employers, and imperialism pit Black labor against democracy and rights. |
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