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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated October 31, 2023
In 1920, W.E.B. Du Bois understood the importance of positive and accurate representation of Black people in the print media. His solution: The Brownies’ Book, a monthly magazine for the “Children of the Sun…designed for all children, but especially for ours.” The magazine would be published for the next two years, before financial problems halted production.
Now, more than a century
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