Georgia (U.S. state)

Articles about Georgia (U.S. state) from The Crisis (1910-1934)

Georgia (U.S. state) (10 articles)

Articles from The Crisis that focus on Georgia (U.S. state).

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Date	Title	Description
1911 (Jun)	Jesus Christ in Georgia	W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1911), exposes how convict labor and mob violence reveal white supremacy, morally indicting racism and offering redemption.
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.
1917 (Jan)	Memphis or East St. Louis?	1917: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis links lynching, forced labor and union discrimination to Black migration, urging education and federal protection.
1919 (Jun)	The Ballot	In The Crisis (1919), W.E.B. Du Bois demands the ballot for Black WWI veterans, arguing democracy and education must end race-based disenfranchisement.
1920 (Feb)	Crime	In 1920 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois argues racial injustice, poverty, and lack of education foster Black crime—and condemns collective punishment.
1921 (Jun)	The Rising Truth	W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1921) exposes southern racial terror and white hypocrisy and insists education and the ballot are crucial for democracy.
1922 (May)	K.K.K.	In 1922, W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis condemns the KKK as cowardly, racist, and lawless, urging the white South to defend democracy and Black rights.
1924 (May)	Fall Books	W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1924) reviews fall books, indicting the Southern oligarchy, lynching, and disfranchisement while championing race, democracy, and education
1927 (Feb)	“Harmless Flourish”	W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1927) condemns Georgia disfranchisement and unequal voting power as drivers of graft, corruption, and broken democracy.
1930 (Jan)	Football	In 1930 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois condemns a racially motivated benching in college football, blaming white prejudice and Black passivity.