The Crisis under W. E. B. Du Bois (1910–1934)

1. Du Bois builds The Crisis into a national forum

   Jan 1, 1910Labels: W E, The Crisis, NAACP

   • Harvard Hutchins
   • NAACP History

2. The Crisis launches as NAACP’s monthly magazine

   Nov 1, 1910Labels: The Crisis, NAACP, W E

   • Britannica
   • NAACP History

3. The Crisis documents the 1917 Silent Parade

   Jul 28, 1917Labels: Silent Parade, The Crisis, New York

   • Wikimedia file
   • Silent Parade

4. Du Bois publishes wartime “Close Ranks” editorial

   Jul 1, 1918Labels: Wartime Close, W E

   • Cambridge Core
   • Dare You Fight

5. Jessie Redmon Fauset becomes literary editor

   Jan 1, 1919Labels: Jessie Redmon, The Crisis, Harlem Renaissance

   • Britannica
   • MJP Crisis

6. “Returning Soldiers” reframes postwar civil-rights demands

   May 1, 1919Labels: Returning Soldiers, W E

   • BlackPast
   • Silent Parade

7. The Crisis reaches mass circulation around 1920

   Jan 1, 1920Labels: The Crisis, Mass Circulation

   • Britannica
   • NAACP Du Bois

8. The Brownies’ Book begins as a youth-focused offshoot

   Jan 1, 1920Labels: The Brownies', Du Bois

   • Brownies Book
   • Tufts Now

9. Langston Hughes gains national attention in The Crisis

   Jun 1, 1921Labels: Langston Hughes, The Crisis

   • Britannica Hughes
   • Negro Speaks

10. Fauset’s departure weakens the magazine’s literary pipeline

    Jan 1, 1926Labels: Jessie Redmon, The Crisis

    • Britannica
    • MJP Crisis

11. Du Bois publishes 1934 editorial advocating voluntary segregation

    Jan 1, 1934Labels: Voluntary Segregation, W E

    • LOC Exhibit
    • NAACP Du Bois

12. Du Bois resigns as editor after clashes with NAACP

    Jul 1, 1934Labels: Du Bois, The Crisis, NAACP

    • LOC Exhibit
    • Britannica