![]() ![]() Some of those events were not celebratory: the assassinations of King and Malcolm X, for example. Holding those magazine issues decade after decade was also a way to remind us of the signature moments of our history. These magazines that exalted Black excellence also provided a tangible reminder - one that could be seen on the coffee table and later stashed away for posterity on a closet shelf - that we could aspire to such levels of achievement as well. In a pre-civil rights-era America, where the fury of racial hatred and oppression rained down on Black Americans every day, it was a comfort to keep these magazines as a reminder that - however much White society tried to diminish us - we as a people were bold, resourceful, intelligent, talented and gifted. These figures were household names even for White Americans, but for people who looked like us, they were Black royalty. ![]() ![]() Plastered on their covers were the faces of the Supremes or Malcolm X or the Rev. My grandmother held on to decades of copies that were most special to her. ![]()
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