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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
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 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
Vintage Telegram Thursday: Lillie Carroll Jackson
#VintageTelegramThursday #BmoreCivilRightsLegacy #BaltimoreNAACP #LillieCarrollJackson #EutawPlace #CityCouncilmanWalterThomasDixon...
Philip J. Merrill
May 12, 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 9, 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
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...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 9, 2022
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