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"The Moses of Her People"

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The subjecl of our magazine , GOLDEN LEGACY, is block hislory and is

wrillen so young people can underSlond easily and develop in"resl for

furlher sludy of block hislory .

GOLDEN LEGACY is nolo comic mogaline , bUI it is a new approach to

the study of history . The inlenlion of Our publicat ion is 10 implant pr ide

and self·eSleem in block youlh while d ispell ing myths in olhers . We be.

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This issue conlains endoruments from represenlolives of Ihe N. Y. C.

Boord of Educolion , Ihe N.A.A.C . P ., The Not ional Urban League, The

Association for The SI .• dy of Negro life and History , and Dr . Benjamin

Quarles , eminenl hi slorian and professor of hislory 01 Morgan Slole College.

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1807 _ 1867

(WORLD FAMOUS ACTOR)

By hurling slones and lounls from Ihe seals of Bleecker Streel'. ican Grove in Ihe New York of Ihe 1820's, rowdies were able 10 force

e closure of Ihe African Company's Shakespearian and classical Ihealer.

nOI before one of Ihe world's mosl widely acclaimed aclors was lured

Ihe magi c of Ihe slage.

His name was Ira Aldridge. He was born Ihe grandson of a Senegalese

Ichlellal' n, and Ihe son of a non-slave Presbylerian pas lor.

Dislurbed by Ira's allraclion 10 Ihe Ihealer,lhe elder Aldridge senl Ihe

boy off 10 Ihe Universily of Glasgow, in Scollond, where he was

scholastic success.

Bul soon, young Ira was in London playing Othello 01 Ihe Royalty The­

r before he was Iwenly, Ihen 10 Coburg and Sadie,s Wells , and on 10

venl Gorden in 1833, where he again played Olhello.

While in Dublin, he was asked by Irish aclor Edmond Keon 10 perform

10 10 Keon's logo . They become a Iwo-yeor louring Iriumph and fasl

ends.

He wenl on 10 perform in all of Ihe major cilies of Europe, evenlually

. ing Ihe Order of Chevalier from Ihe King of Prussia; an invitation

Ihe King of Sweden for special performances in Stockholm; the Crass

f Leopold from Ihe Czar of Russia .

After forly years of stardom, he died in 1867 whil. on lour in Poland.

is presently honored with on Ira Aldridge Memorial Chair 01 Ihe Shoke­

ear. Memorial Thealer 01 Slralfard.an.Avon, in England .

BISHOP JAMES AUGUSTINE HEALY

1830 - 1900

(FIRST NEGRO CATHOLIC BISHOP)

Though the times and lows were difficult to overcome James Healy

managed, through his brillionce and hard work, to reach great heights in

the Catholic church.

H. attended school in Montreal and Paris before graduating Irom Holy

Cross College in Mauachusetts . He also received a degree from Georg.­

town, graduating at the heod of his class.

In 1854, Father Healy was appointed pastor alone 01 Boston's largest

churches . Later, in 1866, he assumed the very important position 01 Seer.·

tory and Chancellor 01 the diocese. Then, in 1875, Healy was oppointed

Bishop 01 Portland, Moine, becoming America's lirst Negro Catholic Bishop.

Bishop James Augustine Healy, after working tirelessly lor many years

for the poor 01 his parish, died in 1900 of a heart attock.

JEAN BAPTI STE POI NTE DU SABLE

17~5_1818

( FOUNOER OF CHICAGO)

Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Soble was born in San Domingo and educated in France. Af ter returning home, he worked for his father, a coffee dea ler, until he grew restless and left for New Orl eans in the family's schooner. Suzanne.

Suzanne, named after his mother, was des troyed in a hurricane off the Florida coast and Du Soble was rescued by a Danish ship en route to New Orleans. In New Orleans, without ident ification papers , Du Soble was fear­ful of being claimed as a runaway slave so he travelled north to Il linois where he met and married on Indian girl.

In Illinois, Du Soble purchased a farm on which he, his wife, and her relatives remained forabout one year when he left to locate a site on which 10 build a trading post. Du Sable Irovelled to an unsettled area 01 the south­ern end of Lake Mighigan and the northern bank of the Ch icago river where. in 1772, he built a trading post. The trading post soan became so success­ful servicing travellers to and from Canada that he built a home, several ather buildings, and sent for his family .

As Du Sable's business increased, others moved into the area which gradually grew into one of America's largest cities, Chicago . Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable was one of America's great pioneers and, today , near the Michigan Avenue bridge is a plaque indicating the site of his home . Other plaques honoring him are owned by the Chicago Historical Society and can be found in Chicago's Du Sable High School

A s the March moan began to shed its rays upon the dusty New England

streets, a small band 01 men armed with sticks and stanes gath.red aut· side the Boston Custom House 01 1770. Th. citizens had long b.en .n· raged oyer the unlair policies 01 England, th. math.r country. The presence 01 English Red Coats to enlarce these lows only served to increase their anger.

"The way to get rid 01 these soldiers is to attock the main guard! Strike at the root! This is the nest!", cried a tall, strapping Negra seaman, named Crispus Attucks, who had escaped from slavery twenty years belore. As the guns 01 the panic-stricken soldiers went off - there lay Crispus, "The lirst to dely and the lirst to die", one .,1 live who were killed in the lirst skirmish in America's light lor Ireedam, known today as the Boston massocr~.

From then an, a memorial service was held every March Sth at Baston's Old South Meeting Hause unti Ithe War lor American Independ.nc. officially began .

Though it was nat the general rule to include Negro.s in military ser· yice, as many patriots did nat welcome arming them, nevertheless, 5,000 s.rved America and the ideal of liberty and equality.

In the ballies at Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Newpor\ and eYery major conflict, Negroes are credited with outstanding acts of heroism.

4' When the War of 1812 broke out betwe.n the British Dnd America,many •

black men enlisted. Free men to further the cause of frudom for them- , selves and all men , and slaves to gain their personal freedom. Gen.ral Stonewall Jackson had th is to say of their performance ' ••. The American nation shall applaud your valor as your General now praises your ardor" Nevertheless, when the war ended many found themselves forced back into \ slavery.

In the Civil War Negroes represented one·fourth of the Union Navy and \ more than 190,000 served in the Union Army . They fought in over 400 bat· lies and more than 38,000 lost their lives to preserve the Union. ', '

Secr.tary of War Stanton, in a I.lter to President lincoln, dated Febru­ary 8, 1864, wrote· ••. They have proved themselves among the braves! of the brave, performing deeds of daring and shedding their blood with a hero­ism unsurpassed by soldiers of any other race . n Among the many awards they received were several Congressional Medals of Honor.

Black men, too, have fought and died, and continue to fight and die, for the right of all people to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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The illustrated magazine, Golden

Legacy, certainly lives up to its name,

telling us things of the storied past that

are well worth knowing. Each volume

catches the spirit of the times and the

personality of the participants. As one

rns the pages the past seems to come alive, particularly those aspects

it which up to now have generally escaped our attention.

In publishing this series the Fitzgerald Publishing Company is helping

develop a richer understanding and appreciation of the American

tage, and it is helping to promote better relations between individ­

and groups. The Fitzgerald Publi shing Company is to be highly com­

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Benjamin Quarles

Benjamin Quarles is Professor of History ot Morgan State College, Author of manr

books on Negro History, listed in Who's Who in America and Contemporary Author's, has

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