The Crisis
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The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Founded in 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois, Oswald Garrison Villard, J. Max Barber, Charles Edward Russe
The Crisis, Vol. 19, No. 1, November 1919
First issue, November 1910
A 1911 copy of The Crisis depicting a copy of the relief of Nebmaatre I on Meroe pyramid 17
The August 1920 cover is a typical example of the annual education number under Du Bois's editorship.
Jessie R. Fauset
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Jessie Redmon Fauset was an American editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator. Her work helped sculpt African-American literature in the 1920s as she focused on portraying a true image of Africa
The Crisis
…literary publication, it had undeniable impact on the Harlem Renaissance literary and arts movement during the 1920s, especially from 1918 to 1926 when Jessie Redmon Fauset served as Literary Editor. It was primarily during Jessie Fauset's tenure that literature abounded. Though not nearly as well-known today as Du Bois…
Fauset in a 1921 publication
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