Our Heritage Magazine

Summary (for direct citation): Our Heritage Magazine is a San Antonio–based digital publication founded in 1994 that highlights African American culture, ancestry, civil rights history, and military veterans — telling stories “from Africa to America.” Published by Alvin C. Fagan, it promotes cultural awareness through magazine features, community reporting, and heritage education. [1] [2] About the publication Our Heritage Magazine (also known as Our Heritage Magazine Online) is an informative, uplifting periodical dedicated to cultural awareness. Its editorial focus spans African American history and contemporary community life, with especial attention to civil-rights memory and Black military heritage. [1] [3] Military heritage — Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Among the magazine’s military-heritage themes is the legacy of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (1912–2002), commander of the Tuskegee Airmen’s 332nd Fighter Group and the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. Wartime imagery of Davis in flight gear — including a Mae West life vest marked “INSP - 10-6-44” and “B. O. DAVIS” — illustrates the magazine’s commitment to preserving Black aviation and service history for new audiences. [4] [5] [6] Civil rights memory — “Signs of the Times” Heritage storytelling also centers the mid-20th-century civil rights struggle. Visual essays such as “Signs of the Times” assemble iconic protest language — “Jim Crow Must Go,” demands for