Texas
Articles about Texas from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Texas (12 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that focus on Texas.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 (Dec) | Advice | 1910: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis condemns silence on lynching, exposing racial prejudice that silences Black grievance and undermines justice. |
| 1911 (Mar) | Promotion of Prejudice | In 1911 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis exposes syndicated racist editorials that manufacture race prejudice across North and South and threaten democracy. |
| 1914 (Jun) | The Congressmen and the NAACP | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1914) exposes congressmen’s evasions on race, lynching, segregation and intermarriage, urging NAACP political accountability. |
| 1917 (Mar) | Civilization in the South | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1917) condemns Southern culture as entwined with lynching, racist labor hierarchies, and anti-democratic barbarism. |
| 1919 (Apr) | Shillady and Texas | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1919) castigates Texas for lynching, disenfranchisement, and racial violence that deny Blacks land, education, and democracy |
| 1920 (Jan) | American Legion, Again | In 1920 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois urges Black veterans to join the American Legion, fight racial exclusion, and defend democracy. |
| 1920 (Aug) | The Task | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1920) says Shillady’s resignation exposes entrenched white opposition and limits NAACP methods, urging national action on race. |
| 1920 (Nov) | The Social Equality of Whites and Blacks | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1920) defends social equality as a democratic right for all races while advising against interracial marriage in America today. |
| 1923 (Jun) | On Being Crazy | In 1923 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis exposes everyday racial exclusion as irrational cruelty, using vignettes to critique white prejudice. |
| 1924 (Dec) | The Election | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1924) critiques the election’s effects on Black democracy, cataloging gains in representation and losses from Klan resurgence. |
| 1928 (Nov) | A Third Party | W.E.B. Du Bois, The Crisis (1928), argues the Solid South makes third-party success impossible, tying race, democracy, and labor to electoral power. |
| 1930 (Feb) | Interracial Love in Texas | In a 1930 The Crisis piece, W.E.B. Du Bois counters a Texas editorial, arguing interracial cooperation will drive social equality, race relations, and marriages. |
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