Black History

Amazing Chicago-Area
Historical Periodical Resource

Why not give someone the gift of real history from during the civil rights battles in the 1950's and 1960's? Someone you know who's committed to justice and racial equality

Come visit a special place where the past is not only preserved, but also honored.

The Magazine Museum in Skokie, Illinois, has one of the largest collections anywhere of original Ebony, Life, Look, Saturday Evening Post, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, original historic newspapers and more which tell the story, in full color pictures, of the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, the 1963 March on Washington, Jesse Jackson's several runs for the presidency, the violent death of Medgar Evers as well as the many other stories on national Black and the African Continent political figures back to the Forties

Also the first Playboy with a Black cover model, its 214th issue in October, 1971 for which they received much hate mail. Playboy did 48 interviews with famed African-Americans

Cover stories on Alex Haley, author of "Roots" and other respected writers and poets

Famous sports figures, including Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Dr. J, Vida Blue, Muhammad Ali, Magic Johnson and many more

Periodicals on African history and different tribal cultures going back to 1914

Diana Ross & The Supremes, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Miles Davis, Lena Horne,Red Foxx, Wynton Marsalis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Nat King Cole, Leslie Uggams, Michael Jackson and many other breakthrough entertainers

Angela Davis, 1960's civil rights leader and FBI fugitive on the cover of Life in 1970

All these personalities and events are available in limited quantities ranging in prices from $5.00 for small posters to $195.00 for rare items, so something that can fit anyone's budget

Teachers are very welcome, and with a current ID will receive a 20% discount off all regular periodical prices. All credit cards are accepted. If you are a tax-exempt organization, bring the necessary form. Please tell University African-Studies Professors about us, and church leaders

Tell people there's a Jewish man in Skokie who desires to form a closer bond with the Black community to create mutual respect and understanding between peoples who used to be, and still should be, natural allies