#MLKJrDay2022 #BaltimoreOfficeOfPromotionAndTheArts #2009PromoPoster #2014BaltimoreMLKParadeHat Artifacts documenting two different years of celebrating this important parade #QueenIsabella is beginning to learn about the #CivilRightsLegacy There's always an opportunity to document one's experience and sometimes we forget. #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #HistoricalTruthMatters #NotInTheTextbooks Courtesy of Nanny Ja

🚨NEW #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode available!🚨 #JoeLouis (1914-1981) #TheBrownBomber #WorldHeavyweightChampion #1940sBlackBoxing #OtisKiddCarrSr (1916-1992) #GoldenGlovesChamp This latest episode of Artifactual Journey podcast is a knock out! https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/episodes/Episode-33-My-Connection-to-the-Brown-Bomber-with-Veronica-A--Carr-e1cjl0a #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #Histori

#BlackHistoryIsEverywhere #ArtifactualJourney #BlackNorthCarolina #BlackCemeteryNetwork #BlackCharlotteNC #9thStreetPinewoodCemetery #HBCUCollectedTreasures #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ Following in the historic footsteps of #RevYorkJones (1853-1945), formerly enslaved #LincolnUniversityofPA graduate and the first dean of the theological seminary at #JohnsonCSmithUniversity (formerly #BiddleUniversity) in #CharlotteNC #QueenIsabella is showing off her #JuniorNegroHistoryDet

So this just happened… Exciting collaboration with Loyola Blakefield High School and Dr. Jane Donovan’s African American Voices Class. #BlackHistoryIsEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ There’s nothing like going on an #ArtifactualJourney Improving the historical narrative, one artifact at a time Highlighting the important use of primary source material and collections in telling the full story of Baltimore and the country’s slave history

#LivingClassroomsFoundation #ArtifactualJourney Since 1997, I've been consulting and volunteering with this foundation off and on over the years. We at Nanny Jack & Co, LLC are proud to have played a role in this groundbreaking #BlackMaritimeLegacy initiative. #HistoricFellsPoint #BaltimoreMaryland #MountAuburnCemetery Continue to follow us for more exciting Black Maritime Legacy in the future. You already know that Baltimore has some of the best Black maritime history in the

Last minute plug for 12 PM lecture TODAY on #CaptGeorgeWBrown. Learn about Brown's connection to a precursor of the #BaltimoreBlackSox. Register here: https://www.mdsg.umd.edu/node/8689 Colorized courtesy of #DeOldify and #MyHeritage Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives #BlackMaritimeLegacy #BlackHistoryIsEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #HistoricalTruthMatters #NotInTheTextbooks

#HBCUCollectedTreasures #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ uncovering a hidden gem #BarberScotiaCollege #PresbyterianChurchHistory #DrMaryMcLeodBethune #ConcordHistoricDistrict #ConcordNorthCarolina Stay tuned for an upcoming segment on this historic college! #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #VisitBlackHistory #HistoricalTruthMatters #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #HistoricalTruthMatters #NotInTheTextbooks Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives

Stay tuned for the next #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode with Wesley Chandler Wood where we discuss the illustrious history of the #BaltimoreAlumniChapter of #KappaAlphaPsiFraternityInc, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The centennial gala is on September 26. More details will be available in the next post. #GeorgeLNewman #WalterTWebb #ColoredHighSchool #OldWestBaltimore #LincolnUniversityPA #EpsilonChapter #GuideRightMovement Artifacts courtesy of Nann

#EdwardAlexanderBouchet (1852-1918) #OTD-September 15, 1852 #FirstBlackPhDinPhysics #YaleUniversity #BlackConnecticutHistory #UndergroundRailroad #InternationalUndergroundRailroadMonth #HistoricDrip Edward A. Bouchet was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the youngest and only son of 4 children to William Bouchet, formerly enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina, and Susan Cooley Bouchet. After migrating from South Carolina to Connecticut, his father, William, became a deacon at

🚨 New #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode! 🚨 with Guy Rawlings Sr. (For the folks that don't know, this is the brother of #HowardPeteRawlings (1937-2003), pioneering politician and member of the #MarylandHouseOfDelegates) #BlackBaltimore #FannieLBarbourSchool161 (Saratoga & Schroeder Streets) #GwynnFallsJuniorHighSchool #EdmondsonHighSchool #MorganStateCollege #MorganBearsLacrosse #PoeHomesProjects Click on the link below to listen to the episode. Or visit #Spotify, #ApplePo

September is #InternationalUndergroundRailroadMonth In 2019, Maryland proclaimed September as International Underground Railroad Month because it was the month that well known #freedomseekers and #UGRRAgents #FrederickDouglass and #HarrietTubman escaped from slavery. In 2020, both Maryland and Michigan, in partnership with the #NationalParkService #NationalUndergroundRailroadNetworkToFreedom, are working to include more states in the celebration. No disrespect to the contribu

#HistoricBlackEastBaltimoreTreasures #WatersAfricanMethodistEpiscopalChurch #417AisquithStreet The church was established in 1843 and named for 4th AME Bishop, #BishopEdwardWaters. The congregation initially met in the living room of a house on #LowStreet. #BlackHistoryIsEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective visited Baltimore and was caught up in the spirit of the 1939 funeral of legendary drummer William Henry Webb, otherwise known as #ChickWebb, held at this historic church. Wh

August 31, 2021- Virginia Governor #RalphNortham posthumously pardoned the #MartinsvilleSeven On February 2, 1951 (70 years ago) #BookerTMillner was electrocuted for the alleged rape of a white woman in #MartinsvilleVirginia. Millner was one of 7 Black men known collectively as the #MartinsvilleSeven who were executed after Ruby Floyd accused them of rape in 1949. At the time, it was the state's largest execution for a single crime. This is an excellent example of how importa

Even #HurricaneIda couldn't stop the start of this collaborative effort. #FriendsSchoolBaltimore and #NannyJackAndCoLLC are collaborating on a groundbreaking new #UpperSchool senior history elective, #ArtifactualHistory, largely based off of my award winning book, #OldWestBaltimore. The students, staff, and other faculty will be participating in an #ArtifactualJourney like no other with research, artifacts, analysis, and interpretation as they uncover Baltimore's #HarlemRena

#MountAuburnCemetery (Established in 1872) #BaltimoreMaryland #CityoftheDeadforColoredPeople #MountWinansCommunity (Established between 1869-1870) #BlackMaritimeLegacy #BlackMaritimeMystery Excited to be working with #LivingClassroomFoundation and #HarborcraftFilms on this wonderful endeavor! Nanny Jack & Co, LLC has been researching and collecting oral history and funerary materials for over 25 years. #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ #VisitBlackHistor

#EyesAreTheWindowToTheSoul #CollectedImagesofAfricanAmericans #HistoricDrip #ArtifactualJourney #DrWilliamWPeebles #OmahaNebraska #BlackMedicalPioneer #NegroMedicine #BlackHealthAndWellness #ASALH2022Theme (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) #PinceNezGlasses 1903 Cabinet card of William Warrington Peebles Photographed by Walter Alexander Sheldon, #NorthamptonMassachusetts Dr. William Warrington Peebles (1883-1958) was Omaha, Nebraska's first Black

#RealPhotoPostcard Unidentified woman #BeautifulBlackWomen Taken by Walter L. Paul's Studio, 703 Broadway, #CamdenNewJersey between 1904-1918 Paul was a #WorldWarIVeteran #HistoricDrip #ArtifactualJourney Part of an extensive real photo postcard collection Colorized courtesy of #MyHeritage and #DeOldify Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ #VisitBlackHistory #HistoricalTruthMatters #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMat

#RealPhotoPostcard #VintageBeachAttire #HistoricDrip #GlascoeGeeStokesFamily #OldWestBaltimore Fannie Glascoe Gee Date unknown This real photo postcard is part of a much larger Glascoe/Gee/Stokes family collection within the Nanny Jack & Co Archives Colorized courtesy of #DeOldify and #MyHeritage Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective 🕵🏽‍♂️ #VisitBlackHistory #HistoricalTruthMatters #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #N

#OTD-August 11, 1921 100 years ago today #FreeSummerExcursionSocietyofBaltimoreMD 1921 was their #50thSeason #SteamerFCLatrobe #HistoricRecreationPier #Segregation #ForColoredPersonsOnly #BaltimoreMaritime Fun Fact: The Recreation Pier is now the site of the #SagamorePendryHotel in #HistoricFellsPoint The Free Summer Excursion Society was founded in 1871 by John T. Ford, the theatrical manager for #FordsTheater in Baltimore and the infamous #FordsTheatre in #WashingtonDC wher

#InternationalCatDay 🐈 #WorldCatDay 🐈‍⬛ Created by the #InternationalFundForAnimalWelfare #RealPhotoPostcard #HistoricDrip Unidentified African American family with unidentified cat The real question is how did they get the cat 🐱 to stay still? "The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat." Jules Renard Colorized courtesy of #DeOldify and #MyHeritage Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatt