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

#KennardsHospital #HistoricEastBaltimore 704 & 706 Ensor Street (across from the #DunbarAthleticField) #BaltimoresMedicalCamelot #AmericanVisionaryArtMuseum (AVAM) Whenever I can lend a hand to help others out, it gives me a great deal of joy. But today, I'm lending a leg (a historic prosthetic leg, not my own 😂 😂 😂) to assist my good friend and colleague #RebeccaHoffberger with her final exhibit at the award winning, world famous American Visionary Art Museum. The exhibit

#WisdomWednesday #BlackWomen #ViolettaClarkeBaker (1871-1923) #Canada #LibraryofCongress #HowardUniversity #HBCU #WashingtonDC #ArtifactualJourney #HistoricDrip Violetta Clarke Baker was a 1898 graduate of the #AmherstCollegeLibrarySchool, the only African American in her class. Baker was among the first African American clerks at the Library of Congress in the early 1900s, a position she held for over 20 years. During her career, she compiled a list of books by and about Bla

#WisdomWednesday #HBCUCollectedTreasures #FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) #Rattlers #FAMC (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College) #TallahasseeFlorida #HBCUFootball Real photo postcard of 1915 FAMC Football 🏈 Team, from the extensive collection of Alachua, Florida born #DrOgbonNapoleonSimmons, a #WorldWarI medic, a member of #OmegaPsiPhiFraternityInc, a doctor in #WashingtonDC for many years, and very active in the #YMCA. This collection is within