African American business enterprises

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...