If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

In January 1934, Esquire magazine introduced a mascot cartoon named Esky. Esky was a bug-eyed white man, with an up-turned mustache and slicked back hair, designed by a black man named Elmer Simms Campbell. Campbell was the first African American cartoonist to write for a national magazine and the first black syndicated cartoonist.  His cartoon […]