Archive: January 2023 (3 Posts)

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Photograph shows a group of founding members of the Niagara Movement superimposed over an image showing Niagara Falls in the background

Webinar Feb. 8 on African Americans in Business: Doing Historical Company Research

January 31, 2023

Explore historical company research featuring historic Black barbers who resisted the status quo by supporting Black education and civil rights movements.

Posted in: African American History, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos

portrait photograph with the caption "Cor. Sec. Woman's National Baptist Convention, Louisville, KY" she is wearing a pleated blouse with a brooch at the neck and her hair pulled up

Nannie Helen Burroughs and her “most creditable work”

January 26, 2023

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Nannie Helen Burroughs a remarkable and determined woman established in Washington, D.C., the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909 to train black women and girls in the skills needed to be successful in their careers.

Posted in: African American History, Business, Women's History

sheet showing eight different scenes including: with oysters and win, with a lobster and fish; with ham; with two women and scales; one with with a stereotype Asian man and woman and a box with tea spilling out; with a stereotype Asian man and a box of trade goods; with fine china; with fancy glass; with women's clothes and toiletries; with a an apothecary with medicines; with jewelry; with books and paper

Trade Cards and Making an Impression

January 13, 2023

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

So what are trade cards? Trade cards would have acted much as a modern business card would, though they were a bit more than that. Read this post to find out more.

Posted in: Advertising, Business

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