OTD: The Oblate Sisters of Providence
#OTD: The #OblateSistersofProvidence was founded in Baltimore on July 2, 1829 by #MotherMaryElizabethLange and #RevJamesHectorJoubert....
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Philip J. Merrill
- Jun 1
Pride Month 2023: Detroit Red
#PrideMonth2023 Officially designated in 2000 by #PresidentBillClinton as #GayAndLesbianPrideMonth in recognition of the #StonewallRiots...
Philip J. Merrill
- Mar 16
Women's History Month: Black Servitude
#BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #ArtifactualJourney #EasternShoreMaryland Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives
Philip J. Merrill
- Mar 3
Women's History Month: Bessie Anderson, Black Baltimore Educator
#WomensHistoryMonth2023 #ColoredTrainingSchool (now #CoppinStateCollege)- then located at #DolphinStreet and #PennsylvaniaAvenue...
Philip J. Merrill
- Dec 5, 2022
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 3, 2022
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
- Oct 12, 2022
National Savings Day
#NationalSavingsDay2022 Created by #CapitalOneBank in 2017 to encourage people to establish savings goals #FinancialLiteracy...
Philip J. Merrill
- Aug 19, 2022
National Photography Day: Hooks Brothers
#NationalPhotographyDay #NationalBlackBusinessMonth #BlackMemphis #HooksBrothersPhotographers #BlackChurch #ClaybornTemple...
Philip J. Merrill
- Aug 2, 2022
The Baltimore Red Book
#TellTheTruthTuesday #BlackBusinessMonth #BmoreHistory #OldWestBaltimore Y'all have heard of the #GreenBook or the #BlueBook (otherwise...
Philip J. Merrill
- May 12, 2022
Vintage Telegram Thursday: Lillie Carroll Jackson
#VintageTelegramThursday #BmoreCivilRightsLegacy #BaltimoreNAACP #LillieCarrollJackson #EutawPlace #CityCouncilmanWalterThomasDixon...
Philip J. Merrill
- May 9, 2022
Baltimore's Slave Trade
In a recent #BaltimoreSun article about the city's slave trading past, Philip J. Merrill, CEO & Founder of Nanny Jack & Co, LLC was...
Philip J. Merrill
- May 7, 2022
William Pickens, Sr.
#HBCUCollectedTreasures #MorganCollege (now #MorganStateUniversity) #NationalTreasure #1919Letter from #WilliamPickensSr (1881-1954),...
Philip J. Merrill
- May 1, 2022
Black Medical Pioneers
One of these prominent medical doctors will be featured in the upcoming conference, "#RaceAndRacisminAcademicMedicine" Hosted by...
Philip J. Merrill
- Apr 25, 2022
On This Date: United Negro College Fund Founded
#OTD- April 25, 1944 #UnitedNegroCollegeFund #UNCF #Founders #MaryMcLeodBethune #FrederickDouglassPatterson #WilliamJohnsonTrentJr On...
Philip J. Merrill
- Apr 5, 2022
Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina
#TintypeTuesday #BettyKoger #ForsythCountyNorthCarolina #ArtifactualJourney 🌍 🗺 Just a little preview for my...
Philip J. Merrill
- Mar 9, 2022
Women's History Month: Black Women of the Cloth
#WomensHistoryMonth #HERstory #BlackWomenoftheCloth From left to right: #RevHelenaMason #EvangelistHarrietColeBaker #EvangelistGRKing...
Philip J. Merrill
- Feb 10, 2022
Happy Birthday Chick Webb!
#HappyBirthdayWilliamHenryChickWebb February 10, 1905 #HistoricEastBaltimoreBlackTreasures Born at #513LewisStreet Raised at...
Philip J. Merrill
- Feb 9, 2022
Nanny Jack & Co, LLC in the Big Apple
The #NegroHistoryDetective and his trusty assistant #VeronicaACarr are off to #NY for an exciting new opportunity! Flying on the big bird...
Veronica A. Carr
- Feb 2, 2022
Happy Birthday Langston Hughes!
#BlackHistoryMonth2022 #HBCUCollectedTreasures #HappyBirthdayLangstonHughes #LincolnUniversityPA #AfroLiteracy Starting off #BHM2022 by...
Philip J. Merrill
- Jan 17, 2022
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022
#MLKJrDay2022 #BaltimoreOfficeOfPromotionAndTheArts #2009PromoPoster #2014BaltimoreMLKParadeHat Artifacts documenting two different years...
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