Virginia
Articles about Virginia from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Virginia (11 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that focus on Virginia.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 (Jan) | The Truth | W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1911), exposes Southern lies about Black suffrage, documenting racial disfranchisement and threats to democracy. |
| 1912 (Feb) | Light | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1912) counters the ‘child’ Negro myth, showing Phelps-Stokes-funded education reveals Black humanity beyond stereotype. |
| 1913 (Jun) | Logic | In 1913 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis argues race prejudice inevitably leads to disenfranchisement, lynching, and attacks on Black property and education. |
| 1919 (Mar) | The American Legion | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1919) condemns the American Legion’s racial exclusion of Black veterans and urges organized resistance to defend 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 (Nov) | Suffrage | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1920) argues southern suffrage laws mask race-based disenfranchisement, subverting democracy to preserve white supremacy. |
| 1922 (Jan) | The Harding Political Plan | 1922 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis condemns Harding’s plan to impose white rule and split Black votes, urging voters to protect race, democracy and the Dyer bill. |
| 1922 (Jan) | Mr. Howard | In The Crisis (1922), W.E.B. Du Bois urges Perry Howard and Black officials to reject token roles, defend anti-lynching reform, and uphold race dignity. |
| 1928 (Mar) | Robert E. Lee | W.E.B. Du Bois argues in The Crisis (1928) that commemorating Robert E. Lee masks his role in upholding slavery, urging moral honesty about race and democracy. |
| 1928 (Sep) | Howard | W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1928), exposes bipartisan graft around Perry Howard, condemns black disenfranchisement and threats to democracy. |
| 1928 (Oct) | The Possibility of Democracy in America | W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1928), argues that American democracy is endangered as Black disfranchisement and white oligarchy reshape voting. |
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