Madame Sara Spencer Washington
Recently, we recorded a podcast with director, writer, actor, designer and film producer Royston Scott to discuss his new historical...
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Philip J. Merrill
- Oct 4, 2018
American Archives Month #2: Apex Beauty School
A sampling of items from the Apex News and Hair Co., founded and operated by Madame Sara Spencer Washington. A branch of the Apex School...
Philip J. Merrill
- Oct 4, 2018
American Archives Month #1: WWII College Student Handbooks
October is #AmericanArchivesMonth. Since 2006, American Archives Month has given the profession an opportunity to tell (or remind) people...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 12, 2018
Tracing Lives, Slavery to Today
Please join us on October 26 and 27, 2018 as the Hampton Ethnographic Team explores the lives of the enslaved and their descendants from...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 7, 2018
The Life and Legacy of Walter T. Dixon
We've shared some information about Walter T. Dixon in past posts, but here's a little known photograph of Dixon with his family in South...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 4, 2018
Chesapeake Collectibles Black Americana Segment
#PBSChesapeakeCollectibles #MPT The Black Americana highlights segment will air in 2019. Please follow chesapeakecollectibles.com and...
Philip J. Merrill
- Aug 30, 2018
On this day: Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
#OldWestBaltimore #1632DivisionStreet #School103HenryHighlandGarnet #DouglassHighSchool #LincolnUniversityPA ...
Philip J. Merrill
- Jun 15, 2018
Bubby Johnson's Plantation Orchestra
In honor of Black Music Month, today we're sharing a post from May 2017 highlighting Bubby Johnson's Plantation Orchestra and the...