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Newsweek Magazine, August 26, 1963 - Cover Photo of Nelson Rockefeller and "Happy" Murphy

Negro Americans: The Early Years";Biblio.com

Negro Americans: The Early Years" 1962 Comic on the Contributions of Black Americans

1962220401962. African American Comics Negro Americans: The Early Years Classics Illustrated No. 169. New York: Gilberton Company Inc. 1962. Staplebound with color-illustrated wrappers. A standalone issue of Classics Illustrated devoted entirely to the contributions of Black Americans from the colonial period through the 20th century. Published in 1962 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement this comic-format educational work-unusual in the Classics Illustrated series for focusing on real historical figures rather than literary fiction-was part of a broader mid-century effort to integrate African American history into mainstream curricula. As the cover proclaims the issue was intended to spotlight "the early years" of Black American achievement and in doing so it offers one of the earliest accessible visual histories of Black leaders for a youth audience. Historical figures covered in this issue include Crispus Attucks the first American killed in the Revolutionary War Benjamin Banneker mathematician and surveyor of Washington D.C. James Beckwourth a pioneering scout of the American West Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglass Daniel Hale Williams the first successful heart surgeon Booker T. Washington educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver agricultural scientist and Matthew Henson co-discoverer of the North Pole.<br /> <br /> The comic also addresses Black contributions to the American Revolutionary War and Civil War with attention to the roles of enslaved people Black regiments and wartime espionage. Notably the "Inventors" section highlights Elijah McCoy lubrication systems Garrett Morgan gas mask and traffic light and Granville T. Woods rail signaling foregrounding underacknowledged Black innovation in American industrial history. Illustrated in full color throughout with strong sequential art emphasizing dignity resilience and ingenuity. Though the terminology "Negro Americans" reflects mid-century nomenclature the tone is respectful and didactic aimed at broad public education. These visual histories played an important role in the representation of African American figures in postwar American youth culture.Light wear and creasing consistent with age and small pen marks to cover but internally clean and complete. A remarkable and visually compelling early effort to narrate African American history to a popular audience. unknown

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New Testament in the Negro TongueBiblio.com

New Testament the Negro Tongue also called talkee-talkee 1829 Article on a Missionary Translation of the Bible into Suriname Creole

1829225831829. African AmericanReligionCarribean New Testament in the Negro Tongue. In The Eclectic Review Vol. XLIII No. LXXXVI. London: 1829. Excerpt: pp. 553-564. Disbound 12pp. A rare excerpt reviewing a missionaries' translation of the New Testament into "Negro-English" also called talkee-talkee the Creole language spoken by enslaved and free Black populations in Demerara and Surinam. The British and Foreign Bible Society issued the translation in 1829 for missionary use representing one of the earliest attempts to render the Christian scriptures into an Afro-diasporic Creole tongue of the Caribbean basin. This review in The Eclectic Review a leading 19th-century dissenting religious periodical gives a lengthy discussion of the translation providing contemporary reactions that ranged from grudging acknowledgment to outright racist dismissal.<br /> <br /> The review juxtaposes biblical passages rendered into Creole with commentary often mocking the "mixed speech" as "ridiculously offensively and incurably base." Yet despite its dismissive tone the piece captures critical evidence of how missionaries and colonial observers grappled with African- and Creole-derived linguistic traditions including debates over whether vernacular scripture empowered conversion or threatened white control. The review references Moravian missionary John Latrobe's efforts in Suriname as well as comparisons to African Dutch and Portuguese linguistic influences. Particularly striking are verbatim transcriptions of gospel passages in Creole offering researchers a rare contemporaneous witness to early printed Afro-Caribbean language. Light toning disbound with clean margins preserved; pages complete and supple. A rare document of the intersection of race religion and language in the British Caribbean revealing both the efforts made by missionaries to connect through Creole scripture and the entrenched racism of the colonial intellectual establishment. unknown

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