The Crisis

CTL-E-0734 · Publication · other · 1910-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Official magazine of the NAACP, founded 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois; a crucible of the Harlem Renaissance; in continuous publication (now quarterly).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-116; source research type(s): Publication.

Sources

African American Registry; Modernist Journals Project via artlibrarydeco.space; todayinclh.com
African American Registry; Modernist Journals Project
Modernist Journals Project via artlibrarydeco.space; robertnewman.com
African American Registry

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