The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line
Encyclopedia
The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line was a monthly periodical in publication during the years 1907 to 1910. It was the primary communication outlet for the Niagara Movement
. The magazine
was edited by African-American editor, scholar, and author W.E.B. Du Bois
. The magazine was written primarily by African-Americans and addressed many African-American themes. After the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
was formed, publication ceased as Du Bois turned his attention to the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis, which he also edited. Prior to The Horizon, Du Bois published a comparable magazine, Moon Illustrated Weekly, which lasted for one year in 1906.
The Horizon was a digest of news from other sources, but also included original works by Du Bois and other authors. The magazine typically consisted of three sections: "The In-Look" was a summary of important news from African-American press sources; "The Out-Look" was a digest of the periodical press, and "The Over-Look" contained opinion pieces, essays, and other original works by Du Bois and his associates.
Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls, the Canadian side of which was where the first meeting took...
. The magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
was edited by African-American editor, scholar, and author W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in Massachusetts, Du Bois attended Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate...
. The magazine was written primarily by African-Americans and addressed many African-American themes. After the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...
was formed, publication ceased as Du Bois turned his attention to the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis, which he also edited. Prior to The Horizon, Du Bois published a comparable magazine, Moon Illustrated Weekly, which lasted for one year in 1906.
The Horizon was a digest of news from other sources, but also included original works by Du Bois and other authors. The magazine typically consisted of three sections: "The In-Look" was a summary of important news from African-American press sources; "The Out-Look" was a digest of the periodical press, and "The Over-Look" contained opinion pieces, essays, and other original works by Du Bois and his associates.
Further reading
- Du Bois's "Horizon": Documenting Movements of the Color Line, Susanna Ashton, MELUS, Vol. 26, No. 4, African American Literature (Winter, 2001), pp. 3-23
- ReadEx blog
- Lewis, David, W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography, 2009.