The CRISIS is the official publication of the NAACP. It is a quarterly journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color. For over 100 years, The CRISIS has been the magazine of opinion and thought leaders, decision makers, peacemakers and justice seekers. It has chronicled, informed, educated, entertained and, in many instances, set the economic, political and social agenda for our nation and its multiethnic citizens.
Editor's Note
The temperature in New York City on Dec. 10 hovered around 40 degrees. A brit- tle snap was in the air and the wind showed sufficient bite to make wearing a hat and gloves a good idea. The challenging climate seemed mostly unnoticed by these...
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Publisher's Letter
This issue contains your Image Award ballot listing writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians and others in the arts-and-entertainment world vying for the NAACP’s highest honor. Every subscriber to The Crisis magazine has the opportunity...
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NAACP section
James Crow, Esq. has replaced Jim Crow.
That’s how the NAACP char- acterizes recent state restrictions on voting rights. Gone are the segrega- tion days of Jim Crow poll taxes. In its place, NAACP leaders say, is a...
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Milestones/Lives
All of the nonsense I encoun- tered made me fight racial discrimination,” Robert Carter told The CRISIS Magazine in 2004. And fight he did. The noted civil rights attorney argued 22 cases before the Supreme Court, three of which led up to the historic...
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The CRISIS Digital Issue
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100 Years
In celebration of the NAACPs centennial anniversary the NAACP and The CRISIS Magazine have teamed up with Gibbs Smith, Publisher, on a visually stunning new book chronicling the 100 years of the NAACP and The CRISIS, NAACP: Celebrating a Century, 100 Years in Pictures.
The CRISIS (and the Vote)
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The CRISIS Presents:
In a conversation with Jabari Asim, editor in chief of The CRISIS magazine, marketing expert Erin Patton discusses how hip hop culture has developed over the years into a powerful sales tool used to sell everything from sneakers to luxury cars to household appliances.