The Guardian , Crisis , Messenger , and Negro World

Many mainstream historians have glossed over early 20th - century Black opposition to Jim Crow segregation and lynchings in the United States . In particular , radicalism has been equated with Whites such as politician Eugene V . Debs or journalist J . A . Wayland , rarely with Blacks . In reality , African Americans produced a variety of newspapers and magazines opposing or questioning their turn - of - the - century societal status quo . Many have not been preserved but four survivors , The Guardian, Crisis, Messenger, and Negro World, represent an important if neglected chapter in the African American battle for civil rights . This article examines and analyzes the four , comparing aspects such as appearance , circulation , advertising support , and radical and non - radical content . It also contrasts them to other radical publications , specifically the late 19th - and early 20th - century German - American radical press . It finds that each was radical in its own individualistic way , some more than others , and that although none advocated the open destruction of the existing social - political system , as did some of the German - American radical publications , they did challenge and attack the status quo and deserve greater recognition as parts of the American radical tradition

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