A rare group of illustrated history magazines devoted to important figures and events in African American history. Published in the 1960s and 1970s, the series is designed to encourage young readers to “develop interest for further study” by employing a “a new approach to history.” The Golden Legacy series also hoped to “implant pride and self-esteem in Negro youth while dispelling myths in others.” Figures and subjects featured in the series include “Joseph Cinque and the Amistad Mutiny,” “The Saga of Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People,” “The Life of Matthew Henson,” “Black Cowboys” and “Toussaint L’Overture and the Birth of Haiti.”
Description:
Copy 1.
Subject (Geographic):
New Haven (Conn.) --1830-1840 and New Haven (Conn.) --1850-1860
Subject (Name):
Amistad (Schooner) --1830-1850 and Cinque
Subject (Topic):
African Americans --Biography --Periodicals and African Americans --History --Periodicals
Dedieu, Marie and Mouvement de liberation des femmes (France) --Periodicals
Subject (Topic):
Feminism --France --History --20th century --Periodicals, Women --France --Social conditions --20th century --Periodicals, and Women’s rights --France --Paris --Periodicals
A rare group of illustrated history magazines devoted to important figures and events in African American history. Published in the 1960s and 1970s, the series is designed to encourage young readers to “develop interest for further study” by employing a “a new approach to history.” The Golden Legacy series also hoped to “implant pride and self-esteem in Negro youth while dispelling myths in others.” Figures and subjects featured in the series include “Joseph Cinque and the Amistad Mutiny,” “The Saga of Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People,” “The Life of Matthew Henson,” “Black Cowboys” and “Toussaint L’Overture and the Birth of Haiti.”
Description:
Copy 1.
Subject (Name):
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993, White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955, and Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Subject (Topic):
African Americans --Biography --Periodicals and African Americans --History --Periodicals
"Revue Svazu moderní kultury Devětsil.", From the collection of Peter Eisenman., In Czech; captions and some articles in German and French., and Mesíčník pro moderní kulturu; Revue internationale illustrée de l'activité contemporaine; Internationale Monatsschrift für moderne Gestaltung."
"Revue Svazu moderní kultury Devětsil.", From the collection of Peter Eisenman., In Czech; captions and some articles in German and French., and Mesíčník pro moderní kulturu; Revue internationale illustrée de l'activité contemporaine; Internationale Monatsschrift für moderne Gestaltung."
"Revue Svazu moderní kultury Devětsil.", From the collection of Peter Eisenman., In Czech; captions and some articles in German and French., and Mesíčník pro moderní kulturu; Revue internationale illustrée de l'activité contemporaine; Internationale Monatsschrift für moderne Gestaltung."
