African-American Journals
The Crisis[edit]
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races started November 1910 published by the NAACP and edited by WED DuBois. From 1997 to 2003, it appeared as The New Crisis: The Magazine of Opportunities and Ideas, but the title has since reverted to The Crisis.
Google has a cache from April 1911 to Winter 2011.[1]
The Opportunity[edit]
The academic journal Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life was produced by the Urban League as a successor to .. from 1923 to through 1949.
Google provides snippet searches of individual volumes for most of the series.[2] Note snippet searches will /not/ find every instance especially if there are three or more hits.
Some editions definitely mention the Bahá'í Faith. Some hits might be false hits. More hits are likely when searching for names of prominent African Americans who may or may not have been mentioned in light of the religion: Alain Locke, Louis Gregory, Robert Sengstacke Abbott, Elsie Austin…
The Messenger[edit]
The Messenger was published from 1917 to 1928. There are no archives of it available online?
The Negro/Black World/Digest[edit]
Founded by Marcus Garvey. Google has an archive from Nov 1961 to Apr 1976.[3] appears to have never mentioned the Baha'i Faith itself.
The Journal of Negro History[edit]
Google has issues from 1937 to 2000 but has previews (snippets) only up to 1960.[4] Some issues did mention the Baha'i Faith.
National Urban League Review[edit]
[The Urban League Review], Google cache from 1975 to 1993[5] Apparently it never mentions the Baha'i Faith itself.
Table[edit]
| Year | Crisis | Opportunity | J' o' Negro History |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | April had a two page story plug full page picture of Abdu'l-Baha.[6] June edition noted `Abdu'l-Bahá's talk at their fourth national convention of the NAACP. First was His place among the program notes,[7] and the second was a print of His comments to the audience.[8] | (not in print yet) | (not in print yet) |
| 1922 | The February edition noted Abdu'l-Baha'is death.[9] | (not in print yet) | (not in print yet) |
| 1924 | – | Abdu'l-Baha mentioned.[10] | (not in print yet) |
| 1927 | – | Race Amity convention(s) mentioned[11] | (not in print yet) |
| 1932 | – | notes three hits - only one is clear from the google limitations - mention of Louis Gregory publishing through the Baha'i Publishing Trust.[12] | (not in print yet) |
| 1936 | The July edition had an article by Horace Holley, The World Issue of Race noted as a reprint of a World Order article.[13] | * About a variety of topics - some including Christian reactions?[14] | (not in print yet) |
| 1938 | – | Three hits in vol 16.[15] | - |
| 1942 | – | One hit in Vol 20 mentions The Baha'i World volume VIII.[16] | - |
| 1956 | – | – | 11 hits[17] |
| 1958 | – | – | 6 hits[18] |
| 1960 | – | – | 1 hit[19] |
| 1974 | The March edition has a book review which mentions a black author of a book who is a Bahá'í writing about a black artist.[20] The book is named The Art of Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual, Text by M. Bunch Washington. | (out of print) | - |
| 1995 | The Nov/Dec 1995 issue covered the UN Women's conference in China with mention of two Baha'i women on the second page of the article who are quoted.[21] | (out of print) | - |
| 1999 | An article on the diversity of religions has a section on the Bahá'í Faith covering part of two pages next to a picture of the Dalai Lama (of Buddhim, the next entry in the article.)[22] | (out of print) | - |
References[edit]
- ↑ Browse all issues, The Crisis
- ↑ Books 1 - 10 of about 48 editions of Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life.
- ↑ Browse all issues
- ↑ about 38 editions of Negro History Bulletin
- ↑ about 24 editions of The Urban League Review
- ↑ Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D., eds. (May 1912). "The Fourth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 04 (1): 14–16.
- ↑ Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D., eds. (4 June 1912). "The Fourth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 04 (2): 80.
- ↑ `Abdu'l-Bahá (4 June 1912). Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D. (eds.). "The Brotherbood of Man". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 04 (2): 88–89.
- ↑ Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D., eds. (February 1922). "Opinion of WEB DuBois". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 23 (4): 151.
- ↑ Abdu'l-Baha mentioned on page 155, Vol 2, 1924
- ↑ Race Amity convention(s) on pages 154, 247, Vol 5, 1927
- ↑ *3 hits on pages 390, 394 and 395, vol 10, 1932
- Might be a reprint of Louis Gregory mentioned above? More? 3 hits on pages 125, 155, 395, vol 10-11, 1933
- ↑ Holley, Horace (July 1936). Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D. (eds.). "The World Issue of Race". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 43 (7): 204.
- ↑ 3 hits on pages 63, 147 and 153, vol 14-15, 1936
- ↑ 3 hits on pages 27, 115, 174, vol 16, 1938-?
- ↑ The Baha'i World on page 313, vol 20, 1942
- ↑ 11 hits, Negro History Bulletin, Volumes 20-21, published by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Editor Carter Godwin Woodson, 1956
- ↑ 6 hits, Negro History Bulletin, Volumes 22-23, published by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Editor Carter Godwin Woodson, 1958
- ↑ 1 hit, Negro History Bulletin, Volumes 24–25, published by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Editor Carter Godwin Woodson, 1960
- ↑ Mar, Warren, II (March 1974). Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D. (eds.). "Black Artist Illumined". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 43 (7): 106.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Stroh, William A. (March 1974). Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D. (eds.). "Sisters in the Struggle: The UN Women's Conference". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 102 (8): 8–9.
- ↑ Anonymous (March 1974). Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt; MacLean, M. D. (eds.). "World Religions: Diversity of Faith". The Crisis; A Record of the Darker Races. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 107 (6): 33–36.
