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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE President MOORFIELD STOREY Secretary JOHN R. SHILLADY Chairman Board of Directors MARY WHITE OVINGTON Director of Publications and Research DR. W. E. B. DuBOIS Acting Treasurer MAJOR J. E. SPINGARN Field Secretary JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Assistant Secretary WALTER F. WHITE DO YOU BELIEVE That the Negro should be free from the ever-present danger of mob murder? DO YOU BELIEVE That he should be allowed to exercise his constitutional right to vote? DO YOU BELIEVE That he should be given the same accommodations as other citizens on railroad trains -- free from the detested and detestable "Jim-Crow" cars? DO YOU BELIEVE That he should be emancipated from the consistent exploitation through which he is robbed of millions of dollars annually by means of the credit-system practiced in southern states? DO YOU BELIEVE That he should be give a fair and equal apportionment of school funds derived from public taxes to which he contributes at the same rate as the white? DO YOU BELIEVE, IN SHORT, THAT DEMOCRACY SHOULD APPLY TO THE COLORED MAN AS WELL AS TO ALL OTHERS? If so, then you should be a member of the organization that is fighting for democracy and all that that word implies for the Negro: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE We are working towards a goal of 100,000 members. June first we numbered 57,000. Will you be one of those who will help us reach our objective by becoming a member yourself and securing as many others as you can? [[boxed]] Date 1919 The CRISIS is sent without further charge to members paying two dollars or more. Major J. E. Spingarn, Acting Treasurer, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. SIR: I enclose $ [[blank line]] in payment of membership dues for one year in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, with the stipulation that one dollar of any amount remitted herewith in excess of one dollar is for one year's subscription to THE CRISIS. Name [[blank line]] Street [[blank line]] City and State [[blank line]] [[/boxed]] THE CRISIS A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND COPYRIGHTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, AT 70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY, CONDUCTED BY W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS; AUGUSTUS GRANVILLE DILL, BUSINESS MANAGER Vol. 18 - No. 3 JULY, 1919 Whole No. 105 [[2 column table]] | Page PICTURES | COVER. A Portrait of Edna Shears. By Frank Walts. | PICTURES OF SIXTY-SEVEN NEGRO GRADUATES | ARTICLES | THE YEAR IN NEGRO EDUCATION | 133 RECRUITING IN THE MID-WEST. R. W. Bagnall | 139 DARKEST MISSISSIPPI | 142 DEPARTMENTS | OPINION | 127 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE | 139 THE LOOKING GLASS | 144 THE HORIZON | 150 [[/table]] COMING ISSUES OF THE CRISIS The August CRISIS will be Cleveland Conference Number. The September CRISIS will be Labor Number. The October CRISIS will be our annual Children's Number. We want interesting pictures of colored babies and young children. They must reach us on or before September 1. TEN CENTS A COPY ; ONE DOLLAR A YEAR FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EXTRA RENEWALS: The date of expiration of each subscription is printed on the wrapper. When the subscription is due, a blue renewal blank is enclosed. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: The address of a subscriber can be changed as often as desired. In ordering a change of address, both the old and the new address must be given. Two weeks' notice is required. MANUSCRIPTS and drawings, relating to colored people are desired. They must be accompanied by return postage. If found unavailable they will be returned. Entered as second class matter November 2, 1910, at the post office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. [[image - logo of Trades Union]]