Artifactual Journey is created and produced by Nanny Jack & Co., an African American heritage consulting firm. Host: Philip J. Merrill; Editor and Producer: Veronica A. Carr; Music Producer: Noah Zafer Sommer. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
Listen to this exciting episode where Philip talks with Todd Johnson, executive director of the Johnston County Heritage Center in Smithfield, North Carolina, as they discuss the upcoming September 30th event, Reclaiming the Black Past: An Artifactual Journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
To pre order a copt of Kin: Rooted in Hope, visit https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kin/Carole-Boston-Weatherford/9781665913621 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
Our Artifactual Journey podcast has introduced us to all types of fascinating people with interesting stories. Listen to Episode 51, where Philip talks to Cornelius Dunlap and his journey to find his purpose in life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
After years of advocacy and dedication, Juneteenth is now recognized as a federal holiday. Listen as Philip talks with Nathan Johnson, National Park Service Ranger at Rose Hill Plantation in Union, South Carolina, and Timika M. Wilson, co-founder of the Union County Community Remembrance Project (UCCRP), which seeks to shed light on the racial violence that took place in Union County, South Carolina during enslavement and in the Reconstruction era. They discuss the upcoming UCCRP Juneteenth celebration on June 17 and the reckoning with the impact of America's painful past. Listen, like, and share! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
The Henry Ossawa Tanner house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was recently listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2023. For over 50 years, it was home to renowned Black artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, his father Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner, and the other successful members of the Tanner family. Listen as Philip interviews Lawn Holland-Moore, the Director of Fellowships and Interpretive Strategies for the NTHP's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, where they discuss the need for more Black involvement in historic preservation and the dire need to save the places that tell our stories. To learn more about the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places and how you can get involved: https://savingplaces.org/stories/11-most-endangered-historic-places-2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
During his lifetime and even decades after his assassination, Malcolm X is an iconic figure. His role within the Nation of Islam and dedication to civil rights often made him a target of the media and the FBI. Although he was often depicted as a serious man, Malcolm X respected and cared deeply for all those who crossed his path, including a young boy named Dave Johnson. In this episode, Dave discusses his interaction with Malcolm and his memories of the day he learned of his assassination. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
In February 1946, the white citizens attacked the Black community of Columbia, Tennessee after an altercation between a Black World War II veteran and a white shop keeper. Columbia Race Riot: https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/columbia-race-riot-1946/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
Emma Azalia Smith Hackley was a prominent African American singer, activist, newspaper publisher, educator, and member of Denver's Black elite. However, her name is not widely known and her contributions to race relations have been obscured. In Episode 46, listen as Philip and Veronica delve into Hackley's life, marriage, and lasting impact on Black musicians. To learn more about Emma Azalia Smith Hackley: https://www.historycolorado.org/story/stuff-history/2017/03/27/azalia-smith-hackley-musical-prodigy-and-pioneering-journalist --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artifactual-journey/message
Although the Negro Leagues haven't been in existence for over 60 years, their impact on Major League Baseball is still felt. Although a number of Negro League players have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, there are many more still waiting for a place. One of those is Herbert Dixon, known to thousands of Negro League fans as Rap Dixon. Watch this exciting episode of Artifactual Journey, where historian Ted Knorr unravels the details of Dixon's life and makes the case for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. To learn more about Rap Dixon, read this article by Ted Knorr and Chris Rainey: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rap-dixon/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
In November 1929, a historic first occurred at the New York Polo Grounds: two Black college football teams played each other. The event drew thousands of fans and dominated Black and white news coverage. In this latest episode, Philip and Veronica discuss this historic sports events, a brief history of the CIAA (known today as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, formerly the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association), the players, coaches, and pioneering referee of the game and its larger implications for Black America. For more information, visit the following links: 1) Coach William S. Taylor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Taylor_(American_football) 2) New York Polo Grounds: https://untappedcities.com/2021/03/31/new-yorks-baseball-team-lost-ballpark-polo-grounds/ 3) Lincoln-Hampton Football Game: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3B0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1f0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5000%2C4510666 Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, Nanny Jack TV YouTube Channel, and our various social platforms. Also, check us out on Buy Me A Coffee! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
Hazel Scott's musical talent captivated American audiences in the 1940s and 1950s. However, she was also actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement and spearheaded several integration efforts. Unfortunately, the 1950s communist hearings known as McCarthyism would put a halt to her career. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
In this episode, Philip and Veronica discuss a racist 1900 letter from Canton, Baltimore, Maryland and its connections to today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
In this episode of Artifactual Journey, Philip talks with James Howard, the executive director of the Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum. They discuss 400 years of Black inventors and their impact on American innovation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
In this episode, Philip and Veronica discuss the reverse underground railroad- the practice of kidnapping free African Americans and selling them into slavery. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
Philip talks with Donald Brooks Jones and Philip Mallory Jones of Alchemy Media Publishing about their newest venture, Time Machine: Bronzeville Between the World Wars. They discuss the thriving Black community and its influence on arts, culture, music, film, photography, and much more. To support the development of their immersive desktop app, visit Kickstarter.com, type in Time Machine, and you'll be able to donate to their effort. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
Sharing the history of one of Talbot County's heroes, Nathaniel "Uncle Nace" Hopkins, the progenitor of the Eastern Shore of Maryland's longest Emancipation Day parade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
In this episode, Philip & Veronica discuss a racist 1908 letter from Assumption, Illinois and its connection to 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
In Episode 36, Philip & Veronica discuss Villard Paddio, a prominent New Orleans photographer who was known for his portraits of musician Louis Armstrong. However, Paddio's life came to a mysterious end when he leaped from a boat in 1947 and his body was never recovered. Thanks to Ancestry, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive.com and HomePlateDontMove.Wordpress.com for the research on Paddio. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
When the general public thinks of pioneering Black doctors, they often think of Daniel Hale Williams, the founder of Chicago's Provident Hospital. However, in major U.S. cities, there were a bevy of Black doctors, including Dr. John F. Brown in Baltimore (no relation to John Brown of the Harper's Ferry Raid). Listen to learn more about this Black medical pioneer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message
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For more information on the life and spectacular career of Joe Louis, visit: 1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In this episode, Philip and Wesley Chandler Wood, a 20 year member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc, an African American fraternity started in 1911, discuss the history and legacy of the fraternity's Baltimore Alumni Chapter. For more information on the Baltimore Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, visit: https://benchmarkkappas.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
To read the post on oldwestbaltimore.com that initiated this conversation, visit https://www.oldwestbaltimore.com/post/2019/09/20/all-smiles-school-no-161-fannie-l-barbour-elementary-school. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
Episode 30: Culturally Significant Black Businesses in Baltimore & Washington, D.C. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In episode 29, Philip talks to George Collins, retired Baltimore City firefighter and president of the African American Firefighters Historical Society about the new museum in East Baltimore dedicated to preserving the history of African American firefighters. They also discuss the important role of oral history, artifacts, and funeral programs in documenting the experiences of pioneering Baltimore City African American firefighters. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In episode 28, Philip talks with Sophia V. Nelson, founder of Visit Black History.com, about Black history in Southern Maryland, her work as the founder of Visit Black History, and the need to tell our stories in a digital space. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
Philip has an exciting conversation with Marc Goldin, amateur historian and nonprofit worker, about his experience dating Prophet Kiowa Costonie's daughter and meeting the infamous Prophet himself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In this episode of Artifactual Journey podcast, Philip talks with Dr. Deborah Johnson-Simon and her work to preserve the legacy of Virginia Jackson Kiah, daughter of pioneering civil rights leader Lillie Carroll Jackson. Kiah was a talented artist, educator, and civil rights activist in her own right. For more on how you can help in this worthwhile effort, visit our various social media posts for links and information. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In Episode 25, host Philip J. Merrill talks with Cab Calloway's grandson, Peter Cabell Brooks, about the pioneering career and musical legacy of this prominent musician, entertainer, and bandleader, and his extended family. The Artifactual Journey podcast is produced by Nanny Jack & Company, LLC. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
Episode 24: The Moorish Science Temple of America --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
After news broke about Maryland Delegate Mary Lisanti's racist comments about her African American constituents, we take a look back at another Mary from Maryland in 1951 and her racist remarks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
For more information: 1) https://books.google.com/books/about/Blacks_in_Gold_Rush_California.html?id=GALEv2uoSJkC 2) https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/12/05/1662610/0/en/CALIFORNIA-HISTORICAL-SOCIETY-NAMES-SUSAN-D-ANDERSON-DIRECTOR-OF-LIBRARY-COLLECTIONS-EXHIBITIONS-AND-PROGRAMS.html 3) Delilah Beasley: https://library.csun.edu/SCA/Peek-in-the-Stacks/delilah-beasley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
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In episode 21, Philip and Veronica discuss a 1929 police brutality case involving two Lincoln University (PA) students and a Brooklyn police officer. Listen to this interesting episode to find out more! EfpOwQNPUIRxK9DBkntz --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In episode 20 of Artifactual Journey, Philip talks to Wanda Watts and Shelley Evans, two sisters who discovered ancestral connections to a plantation in Crownsville, Maryland. For more information about the findings at Belvoir Plantation, visit: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/dna-inside-tobacco-pipe-maryland-plantation-traced-africa/585133/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-200-year-old-pipe-links-enslaved-woman-sierra-leone-180971729/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In Episode 19 of the Artifactual Journey Podcast, Philip talks to Christopher Smithson, professional historian, genealogist, and longtime member of the Historical Society of Harford County, Inc., about Johns Hopkins University and Hospital and their history of experimentation. ASqOHxZfGcN9EL9tDVlo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In Episode 18 of Artifactual Journey, Philip discusses Memphis, TN African American civil rights history with Dr. William Gregory Thompson, the deputy director of Historic Clayborn Temple . Greg also discusses the work currently underway to restore and renovate the historic Clayborn Temple and its connections to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In Episode 17 of Artifactual Journey, Philip interviews Omar Muhammad and his experiences with entrepreneurism, financial literacy and Morgan State University. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
The life and amazing impact of Dr. Mary E. Britton. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
In this episode, Philip talks with Rev. Dr. Mel Leaman, retired professor from Lincoln University, and his connection to Malcolm X's chief aide. ASqOHxZfGcN9EL9tDVlo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
Philip interviews Emily Artinian, director of the Street Road Artist Space in Cochranville, PA about her new project Seven Million Acres, Pride of Place. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artifactual-journey/support
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