28 Days of Black History-Day 3-Golden Legacy-Black Comic Books

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So I own an entire set of these historic black comics and I LOVED reading them when I was little!
On the 3rd day of Black History Month, we recognize Fitzgerald Publishing Company for creating these awesome ass Golden Legacy comics that valorize black historical figures!

Here’s the story on Bertram Fitzgerald, the creator of these lovely comics!

This is the story of a mild-mannered accountant, Bertram A. Fitzgerald, who unexpectedly became a pioneer in comics publishing. At a time when the field of African American Studies was largely confined to academia, Fitzgerald saw the pedagogical potential of both the comics format and Black history as a means to engage youth who had seldom seen themselves reflected in their history books.

Growing up in Harlem in the 1930s and ‘40s, Fitzgerald was an avid reader of history and classic literature. Among the books he devoured were the Classics Illustrated series of comic adaptations, but he later came to realize that the African heritage of authors such as Alexander Pushkin and Alexandre Dumas had been completely omitted in the short biographies included in the books.

Despite this lack of representation in the mainstream press, Fitzgerald developed an interest in Black history thanks to his seventh grade history teacher, who noticed his students were more engaged when the curriculum included the contributions of people of African descent in all eras and sectors of society, rather than just a brief unit on slavery. That history class, Fitzgerald later told the New York Times, “was like an elixir. Like a shot in the arm. It made the Constitution true for me.”

Over 25 million copies of these have been sold!

 

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Now this is what I’m talking about. More threads like this showcasing black ingenuity, despite the numerous obstacles that had to be contended with.

 

[jj23]

Good stuff.

Didn't even know these things existed back in the day. The first black super hero I saw was Luke Cage.

 

[Monsanto]

Never seen or heard about this one before.

I bet textbooks from back then are similar to today's.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Two of my favorite graphic novels of 2021:

 

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Two of my favorite graphic novels of 2021:

Oh these are really cool!

 

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Never seen or heard about this one before.

I bet textbooks from back then are similar to today's.

Yep! Wouldn’t doubt it!

 

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Now this is what I’m talking about. More threads like this showcasing black ingenuity, despite the numerous obstacles that had to be contended with.

Upward and onward!