Charting the Great Migration: The Afro American Newspaper & World War I

#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 Frances L. Murphy

#BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #BmoreHistory #OldWestBaltimore #HistoricBlackTravel #AfroLiteracy

Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives Colorized by #DeOldify