Philip J. MerrillNov 21, 2019National Entrepreneurship Month: Celebrating Black Businesses#NationalEntrepreneurshipMonth #AfricanAmericanBusinessCards #BlackExperienceinBusiness In 2013, former President #BarackObama signed a...
Philip J. MerrillNov 17, 2019On This Date: Freedom Sunday Rally (November, 17, 1963) #OnThisDate-November 17, 1963 (56 years ago) #FreedomSunday #SharpStreetMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch #NAACP #CivilRightsHistory...
Philip J. MerrillNov 14, 2019Black Catholic History Month#BlackCatholicHistoryMonth The #NationalBlackCatholicClergyCaucus voted in 1990 to establish November as Black Catholic History Month...
Philip J. MerrillNov 12, 2019Souvenir African American Church Programs#TellTheTruthTuesday #BlackChurchHistory #OldWestBaltimore #SouvenirAfricanAmericanChurchPrograms (1934-1977) #AfricanAmericanChurches...
Philip J. MerrillNov 11, 2019Veterans Day: Honoring Alice L. Johnson Tyler, WAC#VeteransDay #BlackWomenoftheWar #WorldWarII Celebrating and honoring those who have served both stateside and overseas in all aspects of...
Philip J. MerrillNov 9, 2019Harvey Johnson Junior High School, South BaltimoreHARVEY JOHNSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH BALTIMORE #RevDrHarveyJohnson (1843-1923) was born enslaved in Fauquier County, Virginia. Johnson...
Philip J. MerrillNov 6, 2019Nothin' But The Best for Booker TDear friend Jackie Oldham (pictured below) donated these rare Booker T. Bulletin newspapers. Her father, Oliver F. Oldham, was the...
Philip J. MerrillOct 29, 2019The Empty Framework of Black Baltimore: 2216 Druid Hill Avenue#KeepinItHistoricallySignificant #OldWestBaltimore #CallowayFamily-2216 Druid Hill Avenue #BlackHistoryMatters #DemolitionMatters THE...
Philip J. MerrillOct 3, 2019Throwback Thursday: A Slice of Historic Black BaltimoreFor Throwback Thursday, I'm sharing this flyer from 2009 (a whole decade ago!) for the Slice of Historic Black Baltimore exhibit at the...