African Americans and the Gold Rush
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about African Americans who went west to be a part of the California Gold Rush.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Category: African American History
Locating Digitized Historic Images
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
I wanted to show readers some techniques I’ve learned for finding prints and photographs in the Library’s Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, as well as how to locate advertisements in the Chronicling America database.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Honoring African American Contributions to the Heartland
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Looking at African American Business and Entrepreneurship highlighting African American history in Kansas City, Missouri.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Honoring African American Contributions: African American Cowboys on the Western Frontier
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Cowboys Bose Ikard, Bill Pickett, and Ned Huddleston are part of the history of The West.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Black Beauty: a Brief History of the African American Beauty Industry
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
African Americans history is full of business pioneers and the beauty product industry is no exception. From the more well-know Madam C. J. Walker to modern day mogul Rihanna.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business
Honoring African American Contributions: The Newspapers
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post from 2020 Junior Fellow Sophia Southard looks at just a few of the African American owned newspapers.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Honoring African American Contributions in Medicine: The Black Angels
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about how tuberculosis affected the African American population during the 1940s.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History
Honoring African American Contributions in Medicine: Nurses
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
From the Civil War to World War II to the present day, African American nurses have devoted their lives to serving their communities.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History
Honoring African American Contributions in Medicine: Midwives
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
If you are interested in midwifery within the African and African American community, the Library of Congress has a few items that may interest you.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History