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    The Baltimore Red Book
    Philip J. Merrill
    • Aug 2

    The Baltimore Red Book

    #TellTheTruthTuesday #BlackBusinessMonth #BmoreHistory #OldWestBaltimore Y'all have heard of the #GreenBook or the #BlueBook (otherwise known as the #FirstColoredDirectoryofBaltimoreCity (with a #WashingtonDC annex) published by #RobertWColeman. Well, here's the #BaltimoreRedBook, a #NegroBusinessEncyclopediaofBaltimore Published by the #NationalPublicityBureau (1506 #PennsylvaniaAvenue) Created in 1934, the Red Book listed the Black businesses in Baltimore: lawyers, doctors,
    Holiday on the Avenue: Pennsylvania Avenue Lafayette Market Association
    Philip J. Merrill
    • Dec 15, 2019

    Holiday on the Avenue: Pennsylvania Avenue Lafayette Market Association

    #OldWestBaltimore #PennsylvaniaAvenue #LafayetteMarket #PennsylvaniaAvenueMarket #PennsylvaniaAvenueBlackArtsandEntertainmentDistrict Herman Katkow (1918-2013): https://www.baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-md-ob-herman-katkow-2-20130827-story.html I was fortunate to interview my friend Herman Katkow on December 19, 1997 about memories of his parents immigrating from Russia to Baltimore; the Beverly Shop, a clothing store he and his wife, Ethel, owned at 1721 Pennsylvania Avenue
    National Entrepreneurship Month: Celebrating Black Businesses
    Philip J. Merrill
    • Nov 21, 2019

    National Entrepreneurship Month: Celebrating Black Businesses

    #NationalEntrepreneurshipMonth #AfricanAmericanBusinessCards #BlackExperienceinBusiness In 2013, former President #BarackObama signed a presidential proclamation to designate November as #NationalEntrepreneurshipMonth. The month celebrates "America's innovators, supports small businesses, and empowers entrepreneurs to turn their visions into reality". Nationwide there are multiple examples of Black entrepreneurial successes in the era after the Civil War. Now is the time for

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