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Percy Glascoe's Plantation Orchestra
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Celebrating the NAACP's 109th Birthday
#OTD On this date February 12, 1909 #NAACPTurns109 #CelebratingFoundersDay #BlackHistoryMonth #FreedomFighters #CivilRightsActivism ...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 12, 2018
Mary Carter Smith (February 10, 1919-April 24, 2007)
#MaryCarterSmith (February 10, 1919-April 24, 2007) #OTD #StoryTeller #Folklorist #MotherGrio #SchoolTeacherAndLibrarian ...
Philip J. Merrill
Feb 10, 2018
Happy Birthday, Dr. Carl J. Murphy! (1889-1967)
Dr. Carl J. Murphy was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 17, 1889. His father, John H. Murphy, Sr. established the Afro American...
Philip J. Merrill
Jan 17, 2018
The Life and Legacy of Walter Thomas Dixon, Sr.
The following is an excerpt of a February 22, 1999 article written by Philip J. Merrill for the Baltimore Sun, detailing the life and...
Philip J. Merrill
Jan 11, 2018
Throwback Thursday: The First Colored Directories
#ThrowbackThursday #1997 #BaltimoreSun #Frontpage #AssociationofAfricanAmericanMuseums #FirstColoredDirectories(1913-1946)...
Philip J. Merrill
Sep 14, 2017
Pride of Baltimore Lodge I.P.B.O.E. of W.
#Afro125 #BlackAmericana #OldWestBaltimore #ElksLodge713 #IPBOEofW #BookerTWashingtonJuniorHighSchool #BlackHistoryMatters In...
Philip J. Merrill
Aug 6, 2017
Artifactual Journey With Bubby Johnson
Bubby Johnson's Plantation Orchestra is one of the most under recognized, yet important groups to emerge from Old West Baltimore. They...
Philip J. Merrill
May 3, 2017
Easter In Old West Baltimore
#HappyEaster #Lafayette Square 90 years ago, April 17, 1927, Lafayette Square Eleanor Roberta Hicks' family legacy #Scrapbooking One of...
Philip J. Merrill
Apr 16, 2017
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