#LaborDay2025 While some view #LaborDay as the unofficial end of summer (barbecues, parades, and sales), it marks an important day in America’s history. The holiday was established in 1882 to honor the contribution of workers and the labor movement’s fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and reasonable hours. However, the labor movement often excluded African Americans, particularly African American women. They were excluded from unions, endured abuse in order to mak

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #WestIndiesCigarCompany #CarlosCValle #GreensboroNC #DurhamNC We've got a smokin' hot post for you today (Veronica had to put this pun in). If you are a cigar conniseur, then you might be familiar with #JCNewman, #DutchMasters, or #HaveATampa... but we know you've never heard of the West Indies Cigar Company. This Black owned cigar company was headed by #CarlosValle, who was born in #PuertoRico. Valle initially formed the company pre 1920 in #NewYo

#OnThisDay August 25, 1886 The #AmericanNationalBaptistConvention was organized in #StLouisMissouri by #ReverendWilliamJSimmons, who...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #OTD On this day, the #NationalNegroBusinessLeague was founded August 23, 1900 in #BostonMA by #BookerTWashington, who served as the organization’s first president. The League was renamed the National Business League in 1966, which remains in operation today. The NBL is currently celebrating its quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary in 2025. The organization’s goal was to promote African American businesses, which included doctors, farmers, crafts

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #DunbarAmusementCorp #PhiladelphiaPA #JohnHopeHomes #AtlantaGA Black folks have historically demonstrated...

#NationalSeniorCitizensDay Some of us know the old Negro spiritual, “On My Journey Now, Mount Zion,” which includes the lyrics, “I...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #ChurchAdvocatePress #AMEBookConcern #AfroAmericanCo Most of you are familiar with some of America’s largest...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackOwnedBottlingCompanies #AmericaBottlingCo #JoeLouisPunch #BrownBelleBottlingCo Bottoms up! When we grab...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #MarthasVineyard (Dukes County, MA) #OaksBluff #BlackResorts #BlackLeisure Way before I visited...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackPhotographers #JamesPresleyBall (1825-1904) #CincinattiOhio #HelenaMontana #SeattleWashington...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #FromEnslavedToEntrepreneur #CharlesHBurns (c. 1855-1917) #WestChesterPA Charles H. Burns (1855-1917) was a...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #WilliamBess #BessoSystem #BessoTrainingSchool #BealeStreet #MemphisTennessee   In the words of the late...

Let's go to church! #LetTheChurchSayAmen #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #PaceAndHandyMusicCo There's no business like show business “O...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #HarryOWilsonSr #HarryOWilsonBank Another day, another dollar, and another historic Black business to...

#NationalBlackBusinessMonth #DouglassStateBank #HenryWarrenSewing #KansasCityKS #BlackBanking Place this in your memory bank! The month...

NEW #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode available! Enjoy this conversation with award-winning mother-son author & illustrator duo, Carole...

#HappyBirthdayMalcolmX (also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) May 19, 1925 Today as we celebrate and pay homage to the 98th birthday of...

#BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #ArtifactualJourney #EasternShoreMaryland Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives

The more you know, the more you grow (knowledge, that is) Recent installment of #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast, regarding...

My most recent TV gig: Photos from last Thursday's episode (December 22, 2022) of #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned #HiddenAmerica on...