Representing the \new\ North-American negro: W.E.B. Du Bois and The Crisis magazine, 1910-1920

Author(s)

Carlos Alexandre da Silva Nascimento

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2015-09-04

Examining board members

Robert Sean Purdy; Wanderson da Silva Chaves; César Henrique de Queiroz Porto

• Advisor: Robert Sean Purdy

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the visual representation of African Americans in the journal The Crisis The Record of Darker Races from 1910-1920, as part of its objective to promote a new way of displaying images of blacks to American society. This journal was the principal organ of the largest organization for the promotion of civil rights in the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). For twenty-four years it was edited by the prominent black intellectual and militant William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and was intrinsically influenced by how he understood race relations, often creating friction between him and other members of the NAACP. In a society in which a distorted picture of African Americans prevailed, the visual production in The Crisis sought to alter such representations by ideologically affirming a sense of self-affirmation. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/11959-4 - Representing the "New" North-American Negro: W.E.B. Du Bois and The Crisis Magazine: 1910-1920.
• Grantee: Carlos Alexandre da Silva Nascimento
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master