The Harlem Renaissance Questions : W.E.

B Du Bois
Short Biography
He was the first African American to earn a doctorate, which he
attained from Harvard University. He then became a professor of
history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois
was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Throughout Du Bois career, he worked tirelessly to end racial
inequality.
Through his membership and later leadership of the American
Negro Academy, Du Bois developed the idea that educated
African-Americans could lead the fight for racial equality in the
United States. Du Bois ideas about the importance of education
would be present again during the Harlem Renaissance. During
the Harlem Renaissance, Du Bois argued that racial equality
could be gained through the arts. Using his influence as editor of
the Crisis, Du Bois promoted the work of many African-American
visual artists and writers.
The Crisishttp://www.modjourn.org/render.php?
view=mjp_object&id=crisiscollection

When W. E. B. Du Bois founded The Crisis in 1910, as the house

magazine of the fledgling NAACP, he created what is arguably
the most widely read and influential periodical about race and
social injustice in U.S. history. Written for educated AfricanAmerican readers, the magazine reached a truly national
audience within nine years, when its circulation peaked at about
100,000. The Crisis's stated mission, like that of the NAACP itself,
was to pursue "the world-old dream of human brotherhood" by
bearing witness to "the danger of race prejudice" and reporting
on "the great problem of inter-racial relations," both at home and
abroad. The magazine thus provided a much-needed corrective
to the racial stereotypes and silences of the mainstream press
publishing, each month, uplifting accounts of achievements by
African Americans, alongside stark accounts of racial discrimination and gruesome reports of
lynchings. The Crisis also addressed almost every facet of life for blacks in America, devoting
special issues to such topics as women's suffrage, education, children, labor, homes, vacations,
and the war. From the start, the magazine actively promoted the arts as well, and is deservedly
recognized as an important crucible for the Harlem Renaissance. Among the notable authors who
published in The Crisis were William Stanley Braithwaite, Charles Chesnutt, Countee Cullen, Alice
Dunbar-Nelson, Angelina W. Grimke, Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, James Weldon
Johnson, Alain Locke, Arthur Schomburg, Jean Toomer, and Walter White.
In a blog post or here- Assess how W.E.B Du Bois contributed to the Harlem
Renaissance.
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What contents did The Crisis publication include? What role did the publication play in
the Harlem Renaissance?