The Crisis: Quick Facts

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Cover of the October 1914 issue of The Crisis magazine featuring a young Black girl in a plaid dress, with the headline reading The Children's Number, Crisis, October 1914.

Cover of the August 1925 issue of The Crisis magazine, featuring a Black man standing with books and tools, looking at illustrated portraits of prominent Black leaders.

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