Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system
Articles on Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system (5 articles)
Articles on Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system from The Crisis (1910-1934)
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 (Mar) | Virginia Christian | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1912) shows how Virginia’s white-supremacist order denies education, produces poverty, and murders Virginia Christian. |
| 1920 (Mar) | A Soldier | 1920: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis exposes racial injustice in Edgar Caldwell’s death sentence and urges Black donors to fund his legal defense. |
| 1921 (Mar) | About Pugilists | In 1921 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis exposes racial hypocrisy in boxing—condemning outrage at Jack Johnson while lynching goes unprotested. |
| 1931 (Sep) | The Negro and Communism | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1931) critiques Communist tactics in Scottsboro, defends NAACP leadership, and urges legal, labor, and democratic reform. |
| 1934 (Jan) | Scottsboro | W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1934) condemns Scottsboro trials as racial injustice — Southern courts using law to punish Black lives for profit and prejudice. |
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