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The Public History Media Blitz! Season 1 Intro/Teaser

The Public History Media Blitz! aka The Blitz! A web series to highlight Black history museums, sites, educational programs, online resources, and more! Stay tuned. Thank you for subscribing to this channel!

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From 2017 – 2020, public historian Sophia V. Nelson, documented the following images which are included in this video:

• Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr. statue at Los Angeles Staples Center

• Professor and Cultural Historian, Jamal Tourè, performing at 2018 Sugar Cane Festival in Riceboro, Georgia

• Zora Neale Hurston historic market in St. Augustine, Florida

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Street Walking Tour in Selma, Alabama

• 2017 Juneteenth Celebration in Atlanta, Georgia

• Display at Pocahontas Island Museum in Petersburg, Virginia

• Ray Charles Memorial in Albany, Georgia • 2016 John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival hat

• Re-enactors and guests at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, Florida

**Content contributor submission, Jenn P. in Brooklyn, New York

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Birth Home in Atlanta, Georgia

• Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Collected on the day of late Congressman John Lewis funeral service

• National Voting Rights Museum roadway sign (Selma, Alabama)

• Jackson Ward Historic District mural in Richmond, Virginia

• Hippodrome Theater in Richmond, Virginia

• African American Civil War Museum in Washington, DC with visitor Geronimo C.

• Spirituals album part of The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission collection

• a guest at the Nat Turner Library annual Black Books Awards & Festival. The library is located in Petersburg, Virginia

Arizona’s first African American history museum is open. It began with question from a 7-year-old | Fronteras

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It’s been a little over a month since the African American Museum of Southern Arizona started welcoming visitors at the University of Arizona campus. It’s the first and only African American museum in the state.It officially opened its doors to the public in January in a ribbon-cutting event that drew more than 300 people to campus. But Bob Elliott, chairman and co-founder of
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Exploring Brochures – Deanwood A Model of Self-Sufficiency in Far Northeast Washington, D.C.

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✍️🏼Sophia V. Nelson

I was recently gifted a selection of Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum exhibitions and other DC History brochures. On the surface, these are simply brochures but take a closer look, and you’ll find that they are little windows to the past. Join us as we explore these brochures throughout Black History Month.

The Deanwood History Project brochure – published in 2005. The project interprets the history of the Deanwood neighborhood located in Northeast Washington, DC.

Brochure cover. It features a photo of “residents at the groundbreaking for First Baptist Church of Deanwood’s second building in 1909.”

Image 2: video clip from “Deanwood Oral History Project – A Self Reliant People” produced by HumanitiesDC (full-length video is available on YouTube).

Close up of page 9. The page is titled “Earning Our Daily Bread” and includes details about the types of businesses Deanwood residents owned and operated. Project researchers referred to the Simms Blue Book and National Negro Business and Professional Directory to determine that in 1944 Deanwood had a dry cleaner, filling station, auto repair shops, beauty shops, a record store, and more.

Founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls (1909), Nannie Helen Burroughs is one of several notable African Americans that lived in the Deanwood neighborhood.

One of Washington DC’s oldest African American communities, Deanwood, comprises “Victorian, neoclassical, colonial, revival, prairie, and craftsman” houses. These homes were designed and constructed by African American architects.

Architect H.D. Woodson, for whom a DC High School is named after, resided in the community. Along with a few other investors, H.D. Woodson founded the Universal Development and Loan Company. The group designed and established Suburban Gardens Amusement Park, which catered to African Americans during segregation.

A digital copy of the Deanwood brochure is available on https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Deanwood_%2520Brochure.pdf

Happening Today! Virtual Celebration for the Life of Carter G. Woodson

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Join the National Park Service and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH) as we celebrate the 146th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Carter G. Woodson with an online, Virtual Symposium on Saturday, December 18th from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. This year’s theme for the birthday celebration is “A Bold Vision: Revisiting the Life and Legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson and What it Means Today”, and will feature remarks and presentations from NPS officials and community leaders.

Registration for the event can be found at: https://asalh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KnmkCOzYQ2mt1-IGWtQsJQ, which is also where the event can be viewed. Additional viewing of the event can be found at ASALH TV.

Call 202-426-5961 for more information.