Businesses and Institutions
First Missionary Baptist Church of Decatur (1866- )
First Missionary Baptist Church of Decatur was established in 1866 in northwest Alabama by 21 former slaves in the home...
Roger Williams University (1866-1929)
Founded as the Nashville Normal and Theological Institute and by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, a Christian missionary society...
Murder Inc. Records (1998-)
Murder Inc. Records, a Hip Hop record label, was founded by brothers Chris Gotti and Irving Domingo “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo...
E.E. Ward Moving and Storage (1881- )
E.E. Ward Moving and Storage, recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce as the oldest continuously operating Black-owned business in...
Institute of the Black World (1969-1983)
The Institute of the Black World (IBW) was a collective Black intellectual think tank spearheaded by Vincent Harding, chair of...
Journal of Negro History (1916- )
On January 1, 1916, The Journal of Negro History (now The Journal of African American History), an award-winning peer viewed...
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1864- )
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, established 1864, was the first African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E. church) in the state of Mississippi...
The Wire (2002-2008)
The Wire was a popular television series which aired for five seasons on the HBO network, from June 2, 2002,...
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (1970- )
Black librarians have always gathered at meetings to discuss the relevance of their profession and the needs and desires of...