Volume & Issue Index
Browse W.E.B. Du Bois’s articles organized by volume and issue of The Crisis magazine
The Crisis was published monthly from 1910-1934. Browse Du Bois’s contributions by volume and issue.
Volume Organization
Each volume of The Crisis typically covered one year, with 6-12 issues per volume.
Early Years (1910-1914)
- Volume 1 (Nov 1910 - Oct 1911) - The founding year
- Volume 2 (May 1911 - Apr 1912) - Establishing the voice
- Volume 3 (Nov 1911 - Oct 1912) - Growing influence
- Volume 4 (May 1912 - Apr 1913)
- Volume 5 (Nov 1912 - Oct 1913)
- Volume 6 (May 1913 - Apr 1914)
- Volume 7 (Nov 1913 - Oct 1914)
World War I Era (1915-1919)
- Volume 8-17 - The Great Migration and WWI
1920s: Post-War & Harlem Renaissance
- Volume 18-35 - Jazz Age and cultural flowering
Depression Era (1930-1934)
- Volume 36-41 - Economic crisis and Du Bois’s final years at The Crisis