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Percy Glascoe's Plantation Orchestra
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Charting the Great Migration: Afro American Newspaper & World War I
#ChartingTheGreatMigration Article by #JacquesKelly in the #BaltimoreSun #WorldWarI #AfroAmericanNewspaper Rare primary source material...
Philip J. Merrill
Dec 3, 2022
National Photography Day: Hooks Brothers
#NationalPhotographyDay #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackMemphis #HooksBrothersPhotographers #BlackChurch #ClaybornTemple...
Philip J. Merrill
Aug 19, 2022
William Pickens, Sr.
#HBCUCollectedTreasures #MorganCollege (now #MorganStateUniversity) #NationalTreasure #1919Letter from #WilliamPickensSr (1881-1954),...
Philip J. Merrill
May 7, 2022
Black Medical Pioneers
One of these prominent medical doctors will be featured in the upcoming conference, "#RaceAndRacisminAcademicMedicine" Hosted by...
Philip J. Merrill
May 1, 2022
On This Date: United Negro College Fund Founded
#OTD- April 25, 1944 #UnitedNegroCollegeFund #UNCF #Founders #MaryMcLeodBethune #FrederickDouglassPatterson #WilliamJohnsonTrentJr On...
Philip J. Merrill
Apr 25, 2022
Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina
#TintypeTuesday #BettyKoger #ForsythCountyNorthCarolina #ArtifactualJourney 🌍 🗺 Just a little preview for my...
Philip J. Merrill
Apr 5, 2022
Women's History Month: Black Women of the Cloth
#WomensHistoryMonth #HERstory #BlackWomenoftheCloth From left to right: #RevHelenaMason #EvangelistHarrietColeBaker #EvangelistGRKing...
Philip J. Merrill
Mar 9, 2022
Happy Birthday Chick Webb!
#HappyBirthdayWilliamHenryChickWebb February 10, 1905 #HistoricEastBaltimoreBlackTreasures Born at #513LewisStreet Raised at...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 10, 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
🚨 Upcoming Artifactual Journey Podcast Episode 🚨
Stay tuned for the next #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode with Wesley Chandler Wood where we discuss the illustrious history of the...
Philip J. Merrill
Sep 21, 2021
Growing Up in Black Baltimore
🚨 New #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode! 🚨 with Guy Rawlings Sr. (For the folks that don't know, this is the brother of...
Philip J. Merrill
Sep 7, 2021
Historic Drip: Vintage Beach Attire
#RealPhotoPostcard #VintageBeachAttire #HistoricDrip #GlascoeGeeStokesFamily #OldWestBaltimore Fannie Glascoe Gee Date unknown This real...
Philip J. Merrill
Aug 14, 2021
The Legacy of Dr. George W. Kennard
#KennardsHospital #HistoricEastBaltimore 704 & 706 Ensor Street (across from the #DunbarAthleticField) #BaltimoresMedicalCamelot...
Philip J. Merrill
Jul 31, 2021
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