The Crisis

The Crisis
The Crisis, Vol. 19, No. 1, November 1919
EditorLottie Joiner (Interim)
Former editorsW. E. B. Du Bois,

Roy Wilkins, James W. Ivy, Henry Lee Moon, Warren Marr II, Chester Higgins Sr., Maybelle Ward, Fred Beauford, Garland Thompson, Denise Crittendon, Gentry Trotter, Paul Ruffins, Ida E. Lewis, Phil Petrie, Victoria Valentine,

Jabari Asim
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherNAACP
First issueNovember 1910; 114 years ago (1910-11)
CompanyThe Crisis Publishing Company
CountryUnited States
Based inBaltimore, MD
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.thecrisismagazine.com
ISSN1559-1573
First issue, November 1910
A 1911 copy of The Crisis depicting "Ra-Maat-Neb, one of the black kings of the Upper Nile," 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.

The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It was founded in 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois (editor), Oswald Garrison Villard, J. Max Barber, Charles Edward Russell, Kelly Miller, William Stanley Braithwaite, and Mary Dunlop Maclean. The Crisis has been in continuous print since 1910, and it is the oldest Black-oriented magazine in the world.[1] Today, The Crisis is "a quarterly journal of civil rights, history, politics and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color."[2]

  1. ^ Hooks, Benjamin L. (December 1985). "Publisher's Foreword". The Crisis. 92, 10 (464): 6.
  2. ^ "Home Page". The Crisis.