Curated African American artifacts with historical context.
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Ring Career is a landmark 1947 comic fully written and illustrated by Ted Carroll , recognized as the first Black creator in U.S. comics to achieve f…
Widely recognized as the first U.S. comic both written and drawn by an African American , Ring Career breaks new ground…
Ebon #1, published in 1970 by Larry Fuller through the San Francisco Comic Book Company , is a pioneering work in comic book history. It is one of th…
Ebon #1 predates the solo titles of Luke Cage, Black Panther, and Blade , making it a formative work in the emergence o…
The 1958 Topps Jim Brown Rookie Card #62 captures the Cleveland Browns’ powerhouse running back in his second NFL season, bursting through an oval po…
This is the only recognized rookie card of Jim Brown, widely considered the greatest running back in NFL history and a…
Jimmy Claxton became the first Black player featured on an American baseball card via the San Francisco-based Zeenut series. Claxton pitched for the…
This card is a rare fixture, representing Claxton’s historic appearance before the MLB color barrier was reestablished,…
DIG, The Choice Negro Magazine was an underground Black comic and humor publication released in Detroit in early 1955. The magazine featured three or…
DIG is historically important as one of the earliest Black-owned and Black-created comic publications in the U.S., arri…
The 1948 Leaf Kenny Washington rookie card (#17) commemorates the man widely regarded as the “Jackie Robinson of the NFL.” Washington famously broke…
This rookie card is a touchstone of both sports history and the football card hobby. Washington’s career paved the way…
An exceptionally rare surviving issue of Black Dollar Magazine, a Black-owned economic empowerment publication that debuted May 1, 1968 in Washington…
As a physical, reader-distributed survivor of a nearly vanished 1968–69 Washington D.C. Black economic empowerment publ…
The 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson #50 presents the Brooklyn Dodgers legend in a confident, smiling close-up portrait against a bright yellow background.…
This is one of the most iconic postwar cards of Jackie Robinson, the man who forever changed American sports and societ…
This is an original Johnson Products Co., Inc. stock certificate, printed with the company’s 1969 corporate seal marking its official incorporation i…
Johnson Products Co., Inc., founded by George E. Johnson, Sr. in 1954, was a trailblazer in the Black haircare industry…
This is the first and only mainstream-era playing-days card of Earl Lloyd, featured in the 1957 Topps basketball set. Lloyd made history on October 3…
Lloyd’s milestone came in an era of modest public attention compared to Robinson’s, but his impact on the league’s evol…
Debut issue of SOUL – America’s Most Soulful Newspaper , the pioneering Los Angeles–based Black music newspaper founded by Ken and Regina Jones in pa…
First soul‑music newspaper. SOUL is widely regarded as the first dedicated soul‑music news publication, created specifi…
Lobo #1, published by Dell Comics in December 1965 , introduced readers to a Black cowboy known only as Lobo , who navigates the challenges of the Ol…
Lobo #1 is historically significant as the first comic book from a mainstream American publisher to feature an African…