The BLK Society Record · Vol. I
Our
History.
ON THIS DAY
A daily marker in Black business and cultural history. Today’s entry is being prepared, and will run here each morning, pulled from the record below.
The Collections
No. 01
1791 – Now
Inventions
The traffic light. The blood bank. Open-heart surgery. Two centuries of what Black minds built, and what comes next.
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1936 – 1966
The Green Book
The guide that mapped safe passage through Jim Crow America, and the businesses that made the journey possible.
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Every field
Firsts
The people who got there first, in banking, flight, space, and sport, and opened the door behind them.
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