All-Negro Comics was America’s first-ever comic book, written, illustrated and published entirely by African-Americans, aimed primarily at African American readers. It is listed as being in 1947.
This makes it puzzling that Ferris State University list it in with their "Racist Cartoons" collection.
The page below from the comic book explains what this group of black men were trying trying to do. Undoubtedly you will need to click on it to enlarge it to be able to read it.
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