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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
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
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
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
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
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about how tuberculosis affected the African American population during the 1940s.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History
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
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
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business, Women's History