Liberia
Articles about Liberia from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Liberia (15 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that focus on Liberia.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 (Mar) | Young | 1915 honors Major Charles Young, praising his military and civic service and resilient defiance of racial abuse. |
| 1919 (Feb) | Africa | Shows how European colonial partition and WWI’s aftermath fueled Pan‑Africanism and demands for racial self‑determination. |
| 1919 (Mar) | Memorandum to M. Diagne and Others on a Pan-African Congress to be held in Paris in February, 1919 | Proposes a Paris Pan-African Congress to demand race rights, education, land and political voice for Black peoples. |
| 1919 (May) | Soldiers | Documents Black soldiers’ valor abroad and demands equal military rank, commissioned officers, and racial justice at home. |
| 1920 (Dec) | And Now Liberia | Denounces Wilson Plan as financial imperialism, rigid US terms and white control threaten Liberian sovereignty and democracy. |
| 1921 (Feb) | Africa for the Africans | (1921, The Crisis) argues Africa must be governed for Africans, critiques colonial labor limits and urges self-rule over racial paternalism. |
| 1921 (Nov) | To The World | Demands racial equality, self-government, education and labor rights, condemning colonialism and economic injustice. |
| 1922 (May) | The President | Denounces Republican race patronage and urges anti-lynching, labor and education reforms to defend democracy. |
| 1923 (Mar) | Florida | Advises Black migrants against emigrating to Liberia without capital, skills, and health, stressing labor realities. |
| 1924 (Jan) | Helping Africa | Critiques paternalism toward Africa, arguing Africans claim land, self-determination, and resist colonial control. |
| 1924 (Apr) | Little Portraits of Africa | Celebrates Africa’s landscape, people, and spiritual culture and critiques the heavy cost of colonial civilizing labor. |
| 1924 (May) | A Lunatic or a Traitor | Condemns Marcus Garvey as a dangerous traitor or lunatic who undermines race progress and Black democracy. |
| 1927 (Mar) | Liberia | Urges sympathy for Liberia, critiques missionary overreach and paternalism, defends Firestone lease, warns corporate power. |
| 1932 (Nov) | If I Had a Million Dollars: A Review of the Phelps Stokes Fund | Faults the Phelps Stokes Fund for favoring surveys and white education over Black scholarships and leadership |
| 1932 (Dec) | From a Traveller | Defends Liberia as a real chance for Black democracy, exposing foreign capital, graft, forced labor, and colonial racism |
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