This was the Golden Age of comic books, when Americans voraciously consumed stories about superheroes, determined detectives and thrilling romances - yet very few featured African American characters.

When the American flag-clad Captain America first ... But now, nobody could deny that, unlike their government, comic books were going to war. The Second World War was a total war for many nations ...

the new Schomburg Center Literary Festival and continuing the popular Black Comic Book Festival. Recently, while closed for the pandemic, the Schomburg Center developed a Black Liberation Reading List ...