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The Messenger and The Crisis during World War I and The Red Scare, 1917-21

Barton, Evan P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307624298

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2011, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Journalism (Communication).
The Messenger was a socialist African-American magazine which began during the World War I era and ran through the 1920s. The Crisis, which began in 1910, was the magazine of the NAACP. This study is a history of both magazines during World War I and the Red Scare, focusing on similarities and differences within the content, and the perspective of the U.S. government. Both magazines supported racial uplift, yet while The Messenger advocated class consciousness and critiqued capitalism, The Crisis’ editorials focused on more ideological and legal arguments against racism; on the whole, The Crisis was more of a general interest magazine for the black community, with current events, literature, and educational content supplementing the editorials. The Messenger contained much of the same, though with a more marked socialist perspective. Although The Messenger was more overtly political, on several occasions The Crisis supported socialist economic principles as an ideal.
Patrick Washburn, PhD (Committee Chair)
Aimee Edmondson, PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Sweeney, PhD (Committee Member)
117 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; Economic Theory; History; Journalism; Labor Economics; Labor Relations
The Messenger; The Crisis; World War I; Red Scare; Du Bois; A. Philip Randolph; African-American Periodicals; Socialism; African-American Socialists; NAACP

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  • Barton, E. P. (2011). The Messenger and The Crisis during World War I and The Red Scare, 1917-21 [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307624298

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Barton, Evan. The Messenger and The Crisis during World War I and The Red Scare, 1917-21. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307624298.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Barton, Evan. "The Messenger and The Crisis during World War I and The Red Scare, 1917-21." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307624298

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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