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 | Exposes Southern lies about Black suffrage, documenting racial disfranchisement and threats to democracy. |
| 1912 (Feb) | Light | Counters the ‘child’ Negro myth, showing Phelps-Stokes-funded education reveals Black humanity beyond stereotype. |
| 1913 (Jun) | Logic | Argues race prejudice inevitably leads to disenfranchisement, lynching, and attacks on Black property and education. |
| 1919 (Mar) | The American Legion | Condemns the American Legion’s racial exclusion of Black veterans and urges organized resistance to defend democracy. |
| 1920 (Jan) | American Legion, Again | Urges Black veterans to join the American Legion, fight racial exclusion, and defend democracy. |
| 1920 (Nov) | Suffrage | Argues southern suffrage laws mask race-based disenfranchisement, subverting democracy to preserve white supremacy. |
| 1922 (Jan) | The Harding Political Plan | 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 | Urges Perry Howard and Black officials to reject token roles, defend anti-lynching reform, and uphold race dignity. |
| 1928 (Mar) | Robert E. Lee | 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 | Exposes bipartisan graft around Perry Howard, condemns black disenfranchisement and threats to democracy. |
| 1928 (Oct) | The Possibility of Democracy in America | Argues that American democracy is endangered as Black disfranchisement and white oligarchy reshape voting. |
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