The costume worn by Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther during his Marvel Studios debut (2016's Captain America: Civil War), from the collection of the National Museum of African American History and ...

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.

In this lesson, students research the face jug, a 19th century art form that formed a bridge between African American freedmen ... and member of Maryland's Comic Book Initiative.