Golden Legacy Illustrated History Magazine: The Saga of Harriet Tubman, "The Moses of Her People," Vol. 2: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Golden Legacy Illustrated History Magazine: The Saga of Harriet Tubman, "The Moses of Her People," Volume 2. The front cover of the book features a large detailed illustration of Harriet Tubman. Tubman is portrayed with her body facing the viewer but with her head turned, looking over her proper right shoulder at a large fire in the distance. Trees and tall grass surround her and two people are following behind her. She is wearing a blue coat, shirt, satchel bag, and has a kerchief tied over her hair. The illustration is framed with yellow bands and white columns on either side. The masthead at the top is printed in black text in a yellow box that reads [GOLDEN LEGACY / ILLUSTRATED HISTORY MAGAZINE], set against a black background. The logo for Fitzgerald Publishing Company is printed in a yellow circle to the left of the masthead. It has the initials [F / P] printed in white and black ink. A yellow circle to the right of the masthead displays the cover price [25¢] printed in black ink. The interior pages are newsprint with color illustrations. The last few pages include short biographies on Daniel Hale Williams, Ira Aldridge, Bishop James Augustine Healy, Jean-Baptiste-Pointe Du Sable, and a review of Golden Legacy. The back cover features a full color advertisement for Coca-Cola with Carmen de Lavallade. The comic book has thirty-one pages.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1967
• Written by: Joan Bacchus Maynard, American, 1928 - 2006
• Written by: Francis Taylor
• Written by: L.C. Arty
• Illustrated by: Tom Feelings, American, 1933 - 2003
• Illustrated by: Ezra Jackson
• Published by: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1966
• Subject of: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
• Subject of: Daniel Hale Williams, American, 1858 - 1931
• Type: comic books
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 10 1/4 × 6 13/16 × 1/8 in. (26 × 17.3 × 0.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Open): 10 1/4 × 13 3/8 × 11/16 in. (26 × 34 × 1.7 cm)
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Fugitive enslaved
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Slavery
• Object number: 2019.22.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1966 Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.