Charting the Great Migration: The Afro American Newspaper & World War I
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#ChartingTheGreatMigration Article by #JacquesKelly in the #BaltimoreSun #WorldWarI
#AfroAmericanNewspaper Rare primary source material helps to expand the narrative of #AfricanAmericanHistory; in this case regarding the #GreatMigration. Archival material can lead to new interpretations. https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/.../article_share... Items in the collage: 1) April 1919 (World War I) letter from Private Jerome Briscoe to #FrancesLMurphy 2) #CabinetCard of France


Veronica Carr
- Oct 9, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Oct 6, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Sep 23, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Sep 18, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Aug 28, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Aug 21, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Aug 19, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Aug 7, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Aug 6, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- May 1, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Apr 25, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Apr 5, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Mar 9, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Feb 26, 2022
- 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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Veronica Carr
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
TODAY: Black Maritime Legacy Presentation
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
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Veronica Carr
- Sep 21, 2021
- 1 min
Upcoming Artifactual Journey Podcast Episode
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
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Veronica Carr
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
On This Day: Edward A. Bouchet
#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
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Veronica Carr
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
Growing Up In Black Baltimore
🚨 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
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Veronica Carr
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
International Underground Railroad Month: Rev. William J. Simmons
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
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