Join the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People THE NEW YEAR January Crisis 1914 Hereditary Bondsmen! Know Ye Not, Who Would Be Free Themselves Must Strike the Blow? One Dollar a Year Ten Cents a Copy W E WANT $1,500,000 Paid-for Insurance By December 31, 1913 In Policies from $250 to $5,000 Premiums payable Annually, Semi- Annually, Quarterly. Your applica­ tion will help. Send us to-day your name, address, age, occupation. Standard Life Insurance Co. Capital paid in . $100,000.00 OLD LINK LEGAL RESERVE HOME OFFICE: 200 Auburn Avenue Atlanta, Ga. HEMAN E. PERRY, President A. F. HERNDON, Treasurer HARRY H. PACE, Secretary Mention THE CRISIS. THE CRISIS A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, AT 26 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK CITY Conducted by W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS AUGUSTUS GRANVILLE DILL, Business Manager Contents for January, 1914 Page CARTOON. "In the Saddle!" 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