Curated African American artifacts with historical context.
Showing 61-72 of 87 resources
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jackie Robinson Comics , released by Fawcett Publications in 1949 , is a landmark Golden Age series celebrating the barrier-breaking achievements of…
This was the first comic book to feature a Black man’s name in the title and the first to chronicle an African American…
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (First Edition, Vol. 2, 1925) is a cornerstone of Pan-African and Black nationalist thought, presenting the…
Volume 2 stands on its own as a document of immense historical and philosophical value, chronicling Garvey’s bold advoc…
Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom is the landmark second autobiography of America’s most influential abolitionist and orator. First publ…
My Bondage and My Freedom stands as one of the most important slave narratives of the 19th century and remains a corner…
Negro Romance #1 is notable for its progressive and dignified portrayal of Black characters in everyday romantic scenarios, such as attending college…
Negro Romance #1 is historically significant as the first mainstream romance comic series to feature African American p…