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Percy Glascoe's Plantation Orchestra
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The Man Behind the Music: Theodore Milton Selden
#CelebrateBlackHistoryMonth2026 #HBCUCollectedTreasures #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #ArtifactualJourney #AlumniNameSake Although Black History Week Celebrations did not begin until 1926, we know that our Black history extends well before that particularly with the founding of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1854. They are the first degree granting HBCU in the nation. The artifact below is one of the numerous rare artifacts housed in our Lincolnian
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 6
Lockett Family of Macon, Georgia
#BlackHistoryMonth2024 #TellTheTruthTuesday #HBCUCollectedTreasures #LincolnUniversityPA #HistoricDrip The #LockettFamilyCollection cont...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 13, 2024
OTD: The Oblate Sisters of Providence
#OTD: The #OblateSistersofProvidence was founded in Baltimore on July 2, 1829 by #MotherMaryElizabethLange and #RevJamesHectorJoubert....
Philip J. Merrill
Jul 2, 2023
Pride Month 2023: Detroit Red
#PrideMonth2023 Officially designated in 2000 by #PresidentBillClinton as #GayAndLesbianPrideMonth in recognition of the #StonewallRiots...
Philip J. Merrill
Jun 1, 2023
Women's History Month: Black Servitude
#BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #ArtifactualJourney #EasternShoreMaryland Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives
Philip J. Merrill
Mar 16, 2023
Women's History Month: Bessie Anderson, Black Baltimore Educator
#WomensHistoryMonth2023 #ColoredTrainingSchool (now #CoppinStateCollege)- then located at #DolphinStreet and #PennsylvaniaAvenue...
Philip J. Merrill
Mar 3, 2023
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Founder's Day
#OTD #AlphaPhiAlphaFraternityInc was founded-December 4, 1906 116 years ago #CornellUniversity #IthacaNewYork #TheSevenJewels #DivineNine...
Philip J. Merrill
Dec 4, 2022
National Savings Day
#NationalSavingsDay2022 Created by #CapitalOneBank in 2017 to encourage people to establish savings goals #FinancialLiteracy...
Philip J. Merrill
Oct 12, 2022
National Photography Day: Hooks Brothers
#NationalPhotographyDay #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackMemphis #HooksBrothersPhotographers #BlackChurch #ClaybornTemple...
Philip J. Merrill
Aug 19, 2022
The Baltimore Red Book
#TellTheTruthTuesday #BlackBusinessMonth #BmoreHistory #OldWestBaltimore Y'all have heard of the #GreenBook or the #BlueBook (otherwise...
Philip J. Merrill
Aug 2, 2022
Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina
#TintypeTuesday #BettyKoger #ForsythCountyNorthCarolina #ArtifactualJourney 🌍 🗺 Just a little preview for my...
Philip J. Merrill
Apr 5, 2022
Wisdom Wednesday: Passing for White
#WisdomWednesday #ArtifactualJourney #Passing Woulda, coulda, shoulda.... did they pass for white or were they proud of their ethnicity?...
Philip J. Merrill
Jan 12, 2022
Artifactual History
Even #HurricaneIda couldn't stop the start of this collaborative effort. #FriendsSchoolBaltimore and #NannyJackAndCoLLC are...
Philip J. Merrill
Sep 3, 2021
Chattin' with Cab Calloway's Grandson, Peter C. Brooks
#OldWestBaltimore #CabCalloway #HistoricDrip #ArtifactualJourney In #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast Episode 25, host Philip J. Merrill talks...
Veronica A. Carr
Mar 13, 2020
Upton Mansion
#BlackHistoryMonth2020 #HistoricDrip #OldWestBaltimore #UptonMansion-811 West Lanvale Street #ArtifactualJourney...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 28, 2020
Stylin' Sepia Sisters
#BlackHistoryMonth2020 #ArtifactualJourney #HistoricDrip #OldWestBaltimore #DouglassHighSchoolClassof1924- 96 years ago!...
Veronica A. Carr
Feb 18, 2020
George Motley Lane
#BlackHistoryMonth2020 #GeorgeMotleyLane (1866-1912) #LaurelCemeteryBaltimore #Virginia #OldWestBaltimore #UnionBaptistChurch...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 17, 2020
African American Businesses and Matchbook Covers
#BlackHistoryMonth2020 #BlackMatchbookCovers #AfricanAmericanBusinesses #JoeLouisPunch (#HenryGParksJr., #WillieAdams and #JoeLouis aka...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 15, 2020
Moorish Science Temple of America
#OnThisDate #MoorishChristmas (January 8, 1926) #MoorishScienceTempleofAmerica #ProphetNobleDrewAli #NewarkNJ #Chicago #BaltimoreMD...
Philip J. Merrill
Jan 8, 2020
On This Date: Freedom Sunday Rally (November, 17, 1963)
#OnThisDate-November 17, 1963 (56 years ago) #FreedomSunday #SharpStreetMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch #NAACP #CivilRightsHistory...
Philip J. Merrill
Nov 17, 2019
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