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Harry O. Wilson, Sr.

2 hours ago
1 min

Harry O. Wilson, Sr.

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #OldWestBaltimore #HarryOneilWilsonSr (1873-1939) #HistoricWilsonPark Wilson was an entrepreneur, banker, philanthropist, developer, and the founder of the #HarryOWilsonBank, #MutualBenefitSociety (established in 1903) and #HistoricWilsonPark (created in 1917), an exclusive African American community. At its height, his businesses employed over 40,000 people and financed the building of several churches, including #TrinityBaptist, #CosmopolitanAME,

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Artifactual Journey Podcast #36: Villard Paddio

Aug 11
1 min

Artifactual Journey Podcast #36: Villard Paddio

🚨 New #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode! #VillardPaddio #BlackPhotographers #BlackNewOrleans #TheBigEasy #CrescentCity #LouisArmstrong #Satchmo #HistoricBlackTravel Click on the link to learn about one of Black New Orleans' most celebrated photographers and his mysterious death. #FlintGoodridgeHospital https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/episodes/Episode-36-The-Life--Mysterious-Disappearance-of-Villard-Paddio-e1mc2b5 #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective

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Morgan State University

Aug 8
1 min

Morgan State University

#MorganStateUniversity #HBCU #HBCUCollectedTreasures #NationalTreasure #NationalBlackBusinessMonth On a weekly basis, Morgan is in the news for some outstanding expansion that puts the university in the global limelight. This is a recent donation & part of an expansive Morgan collection! Pre Depression, this 1927-1928 #MorganCollegeCircular provided special courses for the leading teachers of the #BaltimoreColoredSchoolSystem. Many of the instructors are more known for their

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Rev. Thomas W. Henry

Aug 7
1 min

Rev. Thomas W. Henry

#LetTheChurchSayAmen #AMEChurchHistory #BlackChurch #EbenezerAMEChurch is the second oldest African American congregation in #HagerstownMaryland founded in 1840 by #RevThomasWHenry (1794-1877). Rev. Henry pastored the church for over 40 years and is possibly buried underneath the church. Henry was born enslaved to Richard Barnes in Leonardtown, Maryland in 1794 and was freed when he turned 28. He was married twice and had 4 children with his first wife. With his earnings as a

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Saturday Stories: Bertha Hazelton Brooks

Aug 6
1 min

Saturday Stories: Bertha Hazelton Brooks

#SaturdayStories #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #JimCrowEducation #BaltimoreColoredSchoolSystem #BmoreHistory A recent acquisition Bertha Estelle Hazelton Brooks (1886-1961) Class of 1903 of the #ColoredHighSchool, located at #PennsylvaniaAve and #DolphinStreet, #BaltimoreMD Graduated from the #ColoredTrainingSchool, now known as #CoppinStateUniversity Teacher at #HenryHighlandGarnetSchool103 in 1914-1915, when future #SupremeCourtJustice #ThurgoodMarshall was a student Also taugh

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Rev. Perry G. Walker

Aug 3
1 min

Rev. Perry G. Walker

#WisdomWednesday #RevPerryGWalker (1831-1914) #EllsworthCemetery #WestminsterMD #BlackMethodistChurch #BlackChurches Rev. Walker was born free in 1831 in #LibertytownMD. He worked as both a tanner and a farmer, which were likely trades he learned from his father. In 1853, Walker married #MaryEllenSnowden, the daughter of #RevJohnBSnowden. After 50 years of marriage, Mrs. Walker died in 1903. Rev. Walker was licensed to preach in 1859 and helped to organize the #WashingtonMeth

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Baltimore Red Book

Aug 2
1 min

Baltimore Red Book

#TellTheTruthTuesday #BlackBusinessMonth #BmoreHistory #OldWestBaltimore Y'all have heard of the #GreenBook or the #BlueBook (otherwise known as the #FirstColoredDirectoryofBaltimoreCity (with a #WashingtonDC annex) published by #RobertWColeman. Well, here's the #BaltimoreRedBook, a #NegroBusinessEncyclopediaofBaltimore Published by the #NationalPublicityBureau (1506 #PennsylvaniaAvenue) Created in 1934, the Red Book listed the Black businesses in Baltimore: lawyers, doctors,

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Historic Black Cemeteries

Jul 31
1 min

Historic Black Cemeteries

So, this just happened 👇🏾 #HistoricCemeteriesResearchSymposium #ClemsonUniversity #ClemsonSouthCarolina (October 24-25, 2022) My presentation "Artifactual Journey of Sacred Grounds: Material Culture and African American Cemeteries" is part of the panel, "Researching and Recovering Sacred Histories: Material Culture, Ritual, and Identity", on Tuesday, Oct 25 from 3:30-4:45. #UnionChapelMEChurchCemetery (#Aberdeen, #HarfordCountyMD) a primary source collection within the #Nan

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On This Day: Maggie L. Walker Was Born

Jul 15
1 min

On This Day: Maggie L. Walker Was Born

#OTD- July 15, 1864 #MaggieLenaWalker was born in #RichmondVA to Elizabeth Draper, formerly enslaved, and Eccles Cuthbert, an Irish American journalist. Walker was the first known woman and African American to charter a bank in the United States, #StLukesPennySavingsBank. She championed help for the poor and gave loans to African American businesses. "Let us have a bank that will take the nickels and turn them into dollars." In 2017, Richmond honored Walker with a statue. The

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Baltimore Unity Hall Grand Opening Photos

Jul 5
1 min

Baltimore Unity Hall Grand Opening Photos

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6) #NannyJack in the house at #BaltimoreUnityHall #1505EutawPlace #DivisionAndUnity #TheStoryofCentralWestBaltimore Major kudos to my team Betty, Veronica, and Isabella for working tirelessly to pull off this exhibit for the grand opening on June 17. H/t to longtime journalist and walking Baltimore encyclopedia #JacquesKelly for a wonderful Baltimore Sun article. https://www.baltimoresun.com/.../bs-md-kelly-unity... Par

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Vintage Telegram Thursday: Lillie Carroll Jackson

May 12
1 min

Vintage Telegram Thursday: Lillie Carroll Jackson

#VintageTelegramThursday #BmoreCivilRightsLegacy #BaltimoreNAACP #LillieCarrollJackson #EutawPlace #CityCouncilmanWalterThomasDixon #1955Telegram from #LillieCarrollJackson, President of #NAACP (#402DolphinStreet)to pioneering #CityCouncilman #WalterTDixon: "1200 citizens at NAACP membership meeting at #SharpStreetMemorialMethodistChurch #DolphinandEttingStreet unanimously voted to respectively urge you to vote and work for the passage of FEPC in this city council." The FEPC

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Baltimore's Slave Trade

May 9
1 min

Baltimore's Slave Trade

In a recent #BaltimoreSun article about the city's slave trading past, Philip J. Merrill, CEO & Founder of Nanny Jack & Co, LLC was quoted. "Philip J. Merrill, a Baltimore historian and CEO and founder of Nanny Jack & Co., an African American heritage consulting firm, said the city's slave trading past is 'a touchy subject ' but one that could inform the future. With few visible, official guideposts to the slave trade, he said, some of this history has been taught informally

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Black Medical Pioneers

May 1
1 min

Black Medical Pioneers

One of these prominent medical doctors will be featured in the upcoming conference, "#RaceAndRacisminAcademicMedicine" Hosted by #JohnsHopkinsSchoolOfMedicine #DepartmentoftheHistoryofMedicine Thursday, May 5, 2022 My presentation is part of the panel, Legacies of Segregation and Desegregation in Academic Medical Centers 1-2 PM #CabinetCards #DrHenryRutherfordButlerMD #DrGeorgeWKennardMD #DrEMayfieldBoyleMD #BlackMedicalPioneers #HistoricEastBaltimoreBlackTreasures #NationalM

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On This Date: United Negro College Fund Founded

Apr 25
1 min

On This Date: United Negro College Fund Founded

#OTD- April 25, 1944 #UnitedNegroCollegeFund #UNCF #Founders #MaryMcLeodBethune #FrederickDouglassPatterson #WilliamJohnsonTrentJr On this date in 1944, the United Negro College Fund was founded, which assisted Black students with attending and graduating from college. Today, this program continues to provide students with financial aid at historically Black colleges & universities (#HBCUs). In the past 78 years, the UNCF has helped more than 445,000 students. 1) Vernacular p

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Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina

Apr 5
1 min

Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina

#TintypeTuesday #BettyKoger #ForsythCountyNorthCarolina #ArtifactualJourney 🌍 🗺 Just a little preview for my #ArtifactualJourneyofBlackNorthCarolina presentation THIS THURSDAY, April 7 at 7 PM at #NorthStarChurchoftheArts (220 W. Geer Street, #DurhamNC). This is part of the #WayOutOfNoWaySeries, made possible by #NCHumanities. Register here for in-person or the livestream: https://www.northstardurham.com/events-calendar/2022wayoutofnoway/philipjmerrill You'll learn more abo

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Women's History Month: Gladys Luckie

Mar 23
1 min

Women's History Month: Gladys Luckie

#WomensHistoryMonth #HERstory #GladysLuckie (1911-2011) #SecondMother to #Liberace (1919-1987), an actor, pianist, and singer Luckie was also the longtime personal chef to #Liberace and served him his final meal of #CreamOfWheat. Backstory: While working with #AntiquesRoadshow, the #LasVegasNevada episode, good fortune smiled on me once again by introducing me to Gladys and her daughter Linda. It was late in the day and I was unable to evaluate her content or pitch it to the

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Women's History Month: Black Women of the Cloth

Mar 9
1 min

Women's History Month: Black Women of the Cloth

#WomensHistoryMonth #HERstory #BlackWomenoftheCloth From left to right: #RevHelenaMason #EvangelistHarrietColeBaker #EvangelistGRKing #EvangelistAnneBrown #WomenWhoMadeADifference Stay tuned for an insightful segment on Rev. Helena Mason Rare images courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives Colorized courtesy of #Deoldify #Maryland #Pennsylvania #Nebraska #WashingtonDC #Florida #NewYork #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #Hi

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Celebrating The Royal Theatre

Feb 26
1 min

Celebrating The Royal Theatre

#OldWestBaltimore #ImagesofAmerica (#ArcadiaPublishing, 2020) #PennsylvaniaAvenue #DouglassTheatre #RoyalTheatre #SNFParkwayTheatre #LaurelsLessons: #100YearsoftheRoyal #BaltimoreMagazine Come one and all on March 3, 2022 to the SNF Parkway Theatre (5 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD) from 7-9 PM for an evening of reflections and dialogue regarding the history of the Royal Theatre. This event is hosted and curated by Lawrence Burney, a #BaltimoreLivingArchives fellow. The program

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Feb 2
1 min

Black Medical Pioneer: Dr. John F. Brown

#BlackMedicalPioneer #BlackMaritimeLegacy #ASALH2022 #BlackHealthandWellness #PrimarySourceMaterial #AfroLiteracy #MedicoChirurgical #BlackBaltimore #Scarificator When it comes to researching and documenting 19th Black medical practitioners, the journey can often be difficult and filled with numerous roadblocks. However, primary source material can provide answers to tough questions, dispel myths, and highlight a previously unknown Black medical pioneer. https://youtu.be/AjNm

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Happy birthday Langston Hughes!

Feb 1
1 min

Happy birthday Langston Hughes!

#BlackHistoryMonth2022 #HBCUCollectedTreasures #HappyBirthdayLangstonHughes #LincolnUniversityPA #AfroLiteracy Starting off #BHM2022 by celebrating the 121st birthday of the one and only Langston Hughes. #HarlemRenaissance #OxfordResearchClub (Oxford, PA) #SimpleSpeaksHisMind It was always a thrill to walk on the historic Lincoln University of PA campus and go into the #LangstonHughesMemorialLibrary Continue to follow us througout the month! #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHi

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