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Great Scott! Life and Career of Hazel Scott

6 hours ago
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Great Scott! Life and Career of Hazel Scott

Great Scott! Let's learn about #HazelScott. Click below to listen to the latest #ArtifactualJourney episode where Veronica & I discuss the career of piano virtuoso Hazel Scott, her marriage to #AdamClaytonPowellJr, her civil rights activities, her 1952 performance at the #BaltimorePolytechnicInstitute, and the influence of the 1950s anti-Communist hearings, known as #McCarthyism, on her career. https://lnkd.in/eQ-FQ8fe To learn more about Hazel Scott, visit: https://www.women

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Premiere of Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

Nov 10
1 min

Premiere of Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

So this is happening #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned #HiddenAmerica series premieres tonight, Nov. 10 at 8 PM EST on the #DiscoveryChannel and the #DiscoveryPlus app. "Scattered across the United States are abandoned structures; forgotten ruins of the past, monuments to a bygone era. Each one shines a light on the story of this land and its people. These are the secrets of Hidden America." You may or may not see yours truly in this episode but I will be in upcoming episodes, discuss

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On This Day: Million Man March

Oct 16
1 min

On This Day: Million Man March

#OTD #MillionManMarch1995 (27 years ago) #MinisterLouisFarrakhan #NationOfIslam #DrBenjamimChavisJr #NationalAfricanAmericanLeadershipSummit #NAACP #WashingtonDC #DayOfAtonement On October 16, 1995, over 800,000 African American men and organizations from across the country, including local chapters of the NAACP, National African American Leadership Summit, and the Nation of Islam converged on the National Mall to address economic and social issues plaguing the African Americ

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National Savings Day

Oct 12
1 min

National Savings Day

#NationalSavingsDay2022 Created by #CapitalOneBank in 2017 to encourage people to establish savings goals such as buying a house, setting up a college fund or for anything they deem worthy of saving for. #FinancialLiteracy #AmericanArchivesMonth This is a sampling of a larger Black banking and finance archive #FrederickDouglass #BuildingAndLoanAssociation (#CamdenNJ) #StLuke #PennySavingsBank (#RichmondVA): founded by #MaggieLenaWalker #HarryOWilsonBank (#BaltimoreMD) #LeeBan

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Soulful Sunday: St. Mary's AME Church

Oct 9
1 min

Soulful Sunday: St. Mary's AME Church

#SoulfulSunday "May the church say amen!" #StMarysAMEChurch-September 6, 1914 #StMarysSundaySchool #ChicagoIL #5251SouthDearbornStreet #HistoricWashingtonPark #GreatMigration St. Mary's African Methodist Episcopal Church, established on June 12, 1897, was one of the oldest African American churches in historic Washington Park. The cornerstone was laid in 1899 by #RevRobertLafayetteKing, the church's pastor, and attended by more than 500 Black Masonic members. The community, n

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National Coaches Day: Gideon Edward Smith, Sr.

Oct 6
1 min

National Coaches Day: Gideon Edward Smith, Sr.

#HamptonInstitute1922 (now #HamptonUniversity)- 100 years ago #HamptonVA #HBCUCollectedTreasures #BlackFootball #CIAA- Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (now Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) #NFL #NationalCoachesDay #AmericanArchivesMonth #GideonEdwardSmithSr (1889-1968) Hampton had a 5-1 record under #GideonEdwardSmith, who became the head coach in 1921. In 1910, he graduated from #HamptonInstitute. He then matriculated at #MichiganAgriculturalCollege

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Hazel Diaz

Sep 23
1 min

Hispanic Heritage Month: Hazel Diaz

#HispanicHeritageMonth #OldWestBaltimore #BmoreHistory #HazelJuanaDiaz (1908-1997) Hazel Diaz was born in #BaltimoreMD to #AnthonyDiaz, a #PuertoRican tobacco warehouse employee, and #AnnaDiaz, a laundress. The family lived at #937StirlingStreet. During the 1940s, she lived at #602NorthArlingtonAve (the image of her on the steps with the dog). The second image is autographed. Diaz was a talented actress, singer, and dancer who was well know for her role in two #OscarMicheaux

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Helen Holland

Sep 22
1 min

Helen Holland

#AmericanBusinessWomensDay #OldWestBaltimore #BmoreHistory #HelenHolland #HollandFuneralHome #ColoredFuneralDirectorsAssociationofMaryland History Worth Knowing: Helen Augusta Gibson Holland was an important African American female undertaker. After her husband George died, she stepped up to the plate and handled the business for over 30 years and funeralized over 50,000 people. She also mentored #HerbertNutter of #NutterFuneralHome. The building at the corner of #DruidHillAv

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Reverse Underground Railroad

Sep 18
1 min

Reverse Underground Railroad

#InternationalUndergroundRailroadMonth Do you know about the #ReverseUndergroundRailroad? Find out in our recent #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast as we discuss #GeorgeWright & #RachelParker, 2 free African Americans who were placed in a notorious #BaltimoreMD enslaver's jail. https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/episodes/Episode-40-The-Reverse-Underground-Railroad-e1o030f #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #HistoricBlackTravel #AfroLiteracy #ArtifactualJourney #EyesA

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Maurice Sorrell

Aug 28
1 min

Maurice Sorrell

In honor of National Black Business Month, we're highlighting this photograph of an unknown group of woman in Washington, D.C. taken by by Maurice Sorrell. Sorrell (1914-1998) was a noted African American photographer who broke the race barrier to the White House News Photographers Association in 1961 while employed by the Washington Afro American. He covered 9 presidential administrations and traveled to over 20 countries. Born in Washington, D.C. he began taking photos in

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National Negro Business League, 1943

Aug 25
1 min

National Negro Business League, 1943

On this day, August 25, 1943 The National Negro Business League's 43rd Annual Conference began in Baltimore, Maryland (August 25-27) The city first hosted the conference in 1908 at the historic Sharp Street Methodist Church and the Richmond Market Armory. Formerly enslaved author, orator, and civil rights leader Booker T. Washington delivered an opening address, along with Dr. J.H.N. Waring, the principal of the Colored High School; Harry T. Pratt (the fourth vice president o

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Mulatto Monday: William Henry Lewis

Aug 22
1 min

Mulatto Monday: William Henry Lewis

#MulattoMonday Mulatto is an archaic term for a person of mixed African and European ancestry that we frequently see in the United States Federal Census until 1930 when census enumerators either had to identify a person as Black or white. #WilliamHenryLewis (1868-1949) was the first African American to be appointed #UnitedStatesAssistantAttorneyGeneral; the first to be admitted to the predominantly white #AmericanBarAssociation; and the first to be selected as an #AllAmerican

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Nanny Jack & Co, LLC's work with DeOldify

Aug 21
1 min

Nanny Jack & Co, LLC's work with DeOldify

Thanks to #DanaKelley of #DeOldify for the shout out in a recent article on #BoredPanda. For those of you who don't know, DeOldify is the company that allows us to colorize the images within the #NannyJackAndCoArchives and they've done an amazing job. In June, we shared some of those images as the closing keynote speaker at the #35thAnnual #PennsylvaniaDowntownCenterConference and the audience loved them. "We also asked Dana if this project has given her a greater appreciatio

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National Photography Day: Hooks Brothers

Aug 19
1 min

National Photography Day: Hooks Brothers

#NationalPhotographyDay #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackMemphis #HooksBrothersPhotographers #BlackChurch #ClaybornTemple #AfricanMethodistEpiscopal (AME) #BishopJamesHenryClayborn In July 1951, the #HooksBrothers captured the Woman's Missionary Society's Second Quadrennial Convention at historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. Hooks Brothers was a multigenerational African American family photography business that operated from 1906-1979 in Memphis. During the early

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Harry O. Wilson, Sr.

Aug 18
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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