Black History Magazines: The Crisis
The Crisis was founded in 1910 by W.E.B. DuBois as the official publication of the NAACP. Within nine years it reached a circulation of 100,000. It was an important venue in its early days for African American authors, including Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Jessie Fauset. It also included powerful graphic covers by artists Aaron Douglas, Frank Walts, and others. And at a time when positive portrayals of African Americans in mainstream publications were scant, The Crisis published elegant photographic cover portraits.
Illustrations by Frank Walts.
Black History Magazines: The Crisis
The Crisis was founded in 1910 by W.E.B. DuBois as the official publication of the NAACP. Within nine years it reached a circulation of 100,000. It was an important venue in its early days for African American authors, including Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Jessie Fauset. It also included powerful graphic covers by artists Aaron Douglas, Frank Walts, and others. And at a time when positive portrayals of African Americans in mainstream publications were scant, The Crisis published elegant photographic cover portraits.
When the ghost of Frederick Douglass appeared in an Afro Sheen commercial (1970s).
