🚨NEW #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode available!🚨 #JoeLouis (1914-1981) #TheBrownBomber #WorldHeavyweightChampion #1940sBlackBoxing #OtisKiddCarrSr (1916-1992) #GoldenGlovesChamp This latest episode of Artifactual Journey podcast is a knock out! anchor.fm/artifactual-jo…

#MLKJrDay2022 #BaltimoreOfficeOfPromotionAndTheArts #2009PromoPoster #2014BaltimoreMLKParadeHat Artifacts documenting 2 different yrs of celebrating this important parade #QueenIsabella is beginning to learn about the #CivilRightsLegacy

There's always an opportunity to document one's experience and sometimes we forget. #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHeritageMatters #HistoricalTruthMatters #NotInTheTextbooks Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives

Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina You've seen him on the Antiques Roadshow. Join us at NorthStar on Thursday, April 7, 2022 for an amazing conversation with Phillip J. Merrill about legacy collecting in North Carolina and beyond. northstardurham.com/events-calenda…

#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.

Created in 1934, the Red Book listed the Black businesses in Baltimore: lawyers, doctors, educators, hairdressers, bar and tavern owners, photographers and so many more.

The #NannyJackAndCoArchives contains one copy of this rare Black Baltimore business directory but have actively been looking for other editions. #BlackHistoryisEverywhere #NegroHistoryDetective #ArtifactualJourney #HistoricBlackTravel Courtesy of the Nanny Jack & Co Archives

#MulattoMonday Mulatto is an archaic term for a person of mixed African & European ancestry that we frequently see in the #USFederalCensus until 1930. #WilliamHenryLewis (1868-1949) was the first African American to be appointed #UnitedStatesAssistantAttorneyGeneral

He was born in #BerkeleyVirginia to formerly enslaved mulatto parents. To read the rest of this post, visit nannyjack.com/post/mulatto-m… Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives