This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Projects Bring Spark of Light to Slum Dwellers
A nationwide wave of black self help sees Harlem opening a consumer coop the Harlem Co op with stock shares at $3 and a patronage refund, led by Cora T Walker. Philadelphia builds OIC with private financing and 70 programs. Watts Watts Walloper batpowers a Negro driven factory. Boston hosts a network of black firms housing and education ventures. Newark cleans up Central Ward with NIEU and funding efforts. Detroit forms Black Star Coop Market amid post riots shopping center push. St Louis plans a Negro shopping center with a supermarket and community institutions.
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7H Ave
147Th St
United States
Harlem Co-op
Cora T. Walker
Harlem
Harlem River’ Consumers Cooperative, Inc
Philadelphia
Leon H. Sullivan
Zion Baptist Church
Charleston
W.va
Opportunities Industrialization Centers
OIC
Ford Foundation
Greater Philadelphia Enterpri
Patch Feslotal
Boston
Bread, Inc
Roxbury
New England Community Development Corp
Tower
Detroit
Newark
N. J
Orestes Wilson
William
Hedgebeth
Ed Waugh
Igled
Getj
NIEU
ST. Louis
James E. Hurt Jr
America
Hart
St. Louis Sentinel
Hurt