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The Crisis

The Crisis is the official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It features African American commentary on current affairs. In the past, it has also featured African American literature prominently, and was one of the major magazines of the Harlem Renaissance. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The Crisis was founded in 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois, who edited the early volumes. It was originally subtitled "A Record of the Darker Races". No issue copyright renewals were found for this serial. The first copyright-renewed contribution is from March 1940. (More details) For a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was published as The New Crisis. It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1910-1922: The Modernist Journal Project has all issues through the end of 1922 (volumes 1-24, and the first two issues of volume 25) online.
• 1910-1929, 1936-1937, 1942: HathiTrust has volumes 1-24, 26-36, 43-44, and 49 freely readable online. Access to some volumes may be restricted outside the United States. Some other volumes here are searchable but not readable online.
• 1910-1911: Project Gutenberg has illustrated transcriptions of two issues from volume 1.
• 1911-1918, 1920-1924, 1926-1927, 1930-1946, 1948, 1950-1986, 1988-2011: Google Books has many pre-2012 issues fully readable online. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1912-1913: The Internet Archive has volumes 5 and 6 online.
• 1913-1914: The Internet Archive has volumes 7 and 8 online.
• 1914-1915: The Internet Archive has volumes 9 and 10 online.
• 1921-1922: The Internet Archive has volumes 23 and 24 online.
• 1922-1923: The Internet Archive has volumes 25 and 26 online.
• 1926: The Internet Archive has volume 32, covering May through October 1926, scanned from microfilm.
• 1926-1927: The Internet Archive has volume 33, covering November 1926 through February 1927, scanned from microfilm.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 34, covering March through December 1927, scanned from microfilm.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 35, scanned from microfilm.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 36, scanned from microfilm.
• 1930: The Internet Archive has volume 37, scanned from microfilm.
• 1931: The Internet Archive has volume 38, scanned from microfilm.
• 1932: The Internet Archive has volume 39, scanned from microfilm.
• 1933: The Internet Archive has volume 40, scanned from microfilm.
• 1934: The Internet Archive has volume 41, scanned from microfilm.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 42, scanned from microfilm.
• 1936: The Internet Archive has volume 43, scanned from microfilm.
• 1937: The Internet Archive has volume 44, scanned from microfilm.
• 1938: The Internet Archive has volume 45, scanned from microfilm.
• 1939: The Internet Archive has volume 46, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 1, dated January 1940, scanned from microfilm. (It may be bundled with the index for volume 47.)
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 2, dated February 1940, scanned from microfilm. (The Internet Archive may mislabel it as the January 1940 issue.)
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 4, dated April 1940, scanned from microfilm. (The Internet Archive may mislabel it as the March 1940 issue.)
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 5, dated May 1940, scanned from microfilm. (The Internet Archive may mislabel it as the April 1940 issue.)
• 1940: The Internet Archive has the start of volume 47, number 6, dated June 1940, scanned from microfilm. (The Internet Archive may mislabel it as the May 1940 issue.)
• 1940: The Internet Archive has the rest of volume 47, number 6, dated June 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 7, dated July 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 8, dated August 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 9, dated September 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 10, dated October 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 11, dated November 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1940: The Internet Archive has volume 47, number 12, dated December 1940, scanned from microfilm.
• 1941: The Internet Archive has volume 48 scanned from microfilm.
• 1942: The Internet Archive has volume 49, scanned from microfilm.
• 1943: The Internet Archive has volume 50, scanned from microfilm.
• 1944: The Internet Archive has volume 51, scanned from microfilm.
• 1945: The Internet Archive has volume 52, scanned from microfilm.
• 1946: The Internet Archive has volume 53, scanned from microfilm.
• 1947: The Internet Archive has volume 54, scanned from microfilm.
• 1948: The Internet Archive has volume 55, scanned from microfilm.
• 1949: The Internet Archive has volume 56, scanned from microfilm.
• 1950: The Internet Archive has volume 57, scanned from microfilm.
• 1951: The Internet Archive has volume 58, scanned from microfilm.
• 1952: The Internet Archive has volume 59, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 1, dated January 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 2, dated February 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 4, dated April 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 5, dated May 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 6, dated June-July 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 7, dated August-September 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 8, dated October 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 9, dated November 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 60, number 10, dated December 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1954: The Internet Archive has volume 61, scanned from microfilm.
• 1955: The Internet Archive has volume 62, scanned from microfilm.
• 1956: The Internet Archive has volume 63, scanned from microfilm.
• 1957: The Internet Archive has volume 64, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 1, dated January 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 2, dated February 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 3, dated March 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 4, dated April 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 5, dated May 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 6, dated June-July 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 7, dated August-September 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 8, dated October 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 65, number 9, dated November 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 1, dated January 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 2, dated February 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 3, dated March 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 4, dated April 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 5, dated May 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 6, dated June-July 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 7, dated August-September 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 9, dated November 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 66, number 10, dated December 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1960: The Internet Archive has volume 67, scanned from microfilm.
• 1961: The Internet Archive has volume 68, scanned from microfilm.

Official Site / Current Material

• The Crisis Magazine website has information on the magazine, tables of contents and selected items from recent issues, and selected articles from the magazine's early years.

Related Resources

• Crisis is also the name of a lay Catholic publication that published from 1982-2007, which was otherwise unrelated to this magazine.

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