#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

#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

#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