#NationalSavingsDay2022 Created by #CapitalOneBank in 2017 to encourage people to establish savings goals #FinancialLiteracy #AmericanArchivesMonth This is a sampling of a larger Black banking and finance archive #FrederickDouglass #BuildingAndLoanAssociation (#CamdenNJ) #StLuke #PennySavingsBank (#RichmondVA): founded by #MaggieLenaWalker #HarryOWilsonBank (#BaltimoreMD) #LeeBankAndTrustCompany (#PenningtonGapVa) Note the emblem of #NiggerHeadRock in the top right corner. Ni

#OnThisDate #MoorishChristmas (January 8, 1926) #MoorishScienceTempleofAmerica #ProphetNobleDrewAli #NewarkNJ #Chicago #BaltimoreMD #SupremeGrandSheikEdwardMealyEl New #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode discussing the amazing story of Thomas Drew who became the Prophet Noble Drew Ali, Supreme Grand Sheik of the Moorish Science Temple, an African American religious movement founded by Drew in Newark, New Jersey in 1913 and relocated to Chicago in the 1920s. anchor.fm/artifactu

Baltimore's colored school system thrived, even in the face of Jim Crow and segregation. They produced great students who were products of the outstanding staff and administrators within the various schools. They also produced great students newspapers which provided a glimpse into the kind of education that took place before schools were integrated. Below are 3 examples of school newspapers from William M. Alexander Elementary School #112; Booker T. Washington Junior High Sc