W.E.B. Du Bois founds The Crisis

The NAACP's magazine, under Du Bois, becomes a major platform for Black writers and protest.

Key figures

Free scans of the early Crisis under Du Bois.

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

led to·Event
Alain Locke's "The New Negro"
The Crisis and Opportunity built the readership and contests that the Renaissance flowered from.

The Crisis and Opportunity built the readership and contests that the Renaissance flowered from.