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President MOORFILED STOREY Vice Presidents ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE REV. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES BISHOP JOHN HURST JOHN E. MILHOLLAND MARY WHITE OVINGTON OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD Executive Officers MAJOR J. E. SPINGARN, Chairman of Board OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, Treasurer DR. W. E. B. DU BOIS, Director of Publications and Research JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, Field Secretary WALTER F. WHITE, Assistant Secretary JOHN R. SHILLADAY, Secretary NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE DIRECTORS Chicago JANE ADDAMS DR. C. E. BENTLEY Boston JOSEPH PRINCE LOUD BUTLER R. WILSON Baltimore BISHOP JOHN HURST DR. F. N. CARDOZO Springfield, Mass. REV. G. R. WALLER Washington PROF. GEO. WILLIAM COOK Brooklyn DR. V. MORRTON JONES DR. O. M. WALLER New Haven GEORGE W. CRAWFORD Philadelphia DR. WILLIAM A. SINCLAIR New York REV. HUTCHINS C. BISHOP MRS. FLORENCE KELLEY PAUL KENNADAY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL ARTHUR B. SPINGARN CHARLES H. STUDIN DR. JOHN G. UNDERHILL LILLIAN D. WALD WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING The Moorfield Storey Membership Drive for 50,000 Members Many friends of the Association and several of its local branches have asked how best they might show their appreciation of Presidents Storey's notable service to the cause in winning the Louisville Segregation Case before the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Storey's answer is-"DON'T HOLD LAUDATORY MEETINGS. I SHALL FEEL BEST REPAID IF EVERY BRANCH WILL JOIN ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN THE EFFORT TO SECURE 50,000 MEMBERS FOR THE N. A. A. C. P. WE NEED A LARGE MEMBERSHIP TO INSURE THE PERMANENT SUCCESS OF OUR GREAT MOVEMENT AGAINST RACE PREJUDICE." Every Crisis reader should join the Association. DO IT NOW PIN ONE DOLLAR TO THIS SLIP AND MAIL Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1918. MOORFIELD STOREY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BLANK OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, Treasurer 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. Sir: I want to beam a member of the National Association for the Advancement of colored People and help boom your Moorfield Storey Drive for 50,000 members. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $. . . . . . . . . . City and State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Crisis is sent without further charge to members paying two dollars or more. [[end page]] [[start page]] THE CRISIS A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES PUBLISHED MONTHLY 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 Contents Copyrighted, 1918, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Contents for April, 1918 PICTURES Page COVER. "Lead Kindly Light." Reproduced from a painting mad for the CRISIS by William Edward Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MINE EYES HAVE SEEN. Illustrations by Laura Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 MEN OF THE MONTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 CARTOON. By Lorenzo Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 SHADOWS OF LIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286-287 ARTICLES MINE EYES HAVE SEEN. A Play in One Act. By Alice M. Dunbar-Nelson 271 DESERT-BOUND. A Poem. By G. Douglas Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 A LETTER FROM BRAZIL. By José Clarana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 A PRAYER. A Poem. By Anna M. Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 MEN OF THE MONTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 THE OUTER POCKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 THE LOOKING GLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 THE HORIZON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 THE MAY CRISIS The cover will be a striking picture of the late Mattie Thomas of "Chu Chin Chow"; the matter will savor of Spring and awakenings. TEN CENTS A COPY; ONE DOLLAR A YEAR FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EXTRA RENEWALS: The date os 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 the subscriber can be changed as often as desired. In ordering a change of address, both the old and 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, a the post office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
