African American business enterprises

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a one-page typed letter dated February 21, 1914, from Henry Brown, president of the Lincoln Land and Improvement Company, to Mr. A. W. Holmes, a prominent African American insurance executive in Richmond, Virginia. Written on company letterhead, the letter urges Holmes to resume payments on a lot he had previously purchased in Lincoln, Maryland, a pioneering African American rural retreat and garden suburb.Brown emphasizes the company’s desire to...

Scope and Contents This collection includes a twenty-page proof copy of a profusely illustrated program titled Grand Opening of the New Weatherly Funeral Home Serving Central, South and Southwestern Alabama, published in Birmingham, Alabama by Rapid Printing Co. in 1954. The program was produced to commemorate the reopening of the Weatherly Funeral Home, an African American–owned business in York, Alabama.The text includes a short note on the owner of the funeral...

Scope and Contents This collection contains an issue of On the Track, an African American periodical published by Joseph V. Baker Associates on behalf of the Association of American Railroads. It is dated the first quarter of 1967 and focuses upon Texas, highlighting the state's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), equal employment opportunities in the railroad industry, and African American historical and cultural sites. Its sixteen pages highlight specific...

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This collection consists of the April 1936 issue of The Bradford News, a newsletter published by the Bradford Funeral System in Birmingham, Alabama, an African American-owned and operated business. Edited by Stella A. Neely, the newsletter includes a mix of community-focused content such as obituaries, church and neighborhood news, employee updates, and promotional material related to the funeral home’s services.