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One of the first Blacks to receive national recognition as a painter born..
This date celebrates the birth of Edward Bannister, a Black artist born in 1826.
Edward Mitchell Bannister was the first of two sons born to Edward and Hannah Alexander Bannister in St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. He moved to New England in the late 1840s, where he remained for the rest of his life.
His mother, who died when he was 18, encouraged his love of drawing. He settled in Boston in 1848, laboring at menial jobs before he learned the skilled trades of barbering and women’s hair styling. He also began to study painting at the Boston Studio Building and the Lowell Institute. There he became skilled at tinting photographs and worked at this trade for a year in New York.
In 1857, Bannister married Christiana B. Carteaux, from Rhode Island. He shared a studio and participated in group exhibitions at the Boston Art Club and Museum, presenting works of biblical themes, portraits, landscapes and seascapes, and genre scenes. Most of these early works are now lost, and known only from written descriptions. In 1870, the Bannisters moved to Providence, where they quickly and easily fit into artistic and professional circles. In 1876, Bannister’s painting, “Under the Oaks,” took the first prize medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, although the judges tried to withhold the award when they discovered he was Black. The painting has since been lost, along with the sketches for it and the medal.
Among Bannister’s later works are “Moon Over a Harbor” “Newspaper Boy,” “Oak Trees,” “Approaching Storm,” “Sabin Point,” and “Narragansett Bay.” His works are currently held at Brown University, the National Museum of American Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Bannister was one of the first Blacks to receive national recognition as a painter, and was the only major Black artist of the 19th century who did not travel to Europe to study art.
Reference:
A History of African-American Artist from 1792 to the Present
by Romare Bearden & Harry Henderson by @henbodegabrown

Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank opens, the first Black owned banks in America.
On this date in 1903, the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank opened it doors.
Started by Maggie Walker in Richmond, Virginia, this was one of the first Black owned banks in America.

The Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank, as its name suggests, was established as an institution whose interest was the small investors, literally the pennies of the African-American washerwomen—ultimately proving that even with pennies, the African-American community had economic power.

Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank merged with two other banks to become Consolidated Bank and Trust, the oldest existing African American owned and operated bank in the U. S., with several branches today in Richmond and Hampton, Virginia.

Reference:
The Virginia Historical Society by @henbodegabrown

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The original inhabitants of North America and their descendants. [ by @henbodegabrown

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Jet Magazine is Published

On this date in 1951, Jet Magazine was published. This is a weekly magazine marketed to African American readers.

It was founded by John H. Johnson of the Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson called his magazine Jet because, as he said in the first issue, “In the world today everything is moving along at a faster clip. There is more news and far less time to read it.” (The phrase “jet black” derives from a jet, a mineraloid.) Redd Foxx called the magazine “the Negro bible.” Jet became nationally known in 1955 with its graphic coverage of the murder of Emmett Till. Its ubiquity was enhanced by its continuing coverage of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.

Initially billed as “The Weekly Negro News Magazine”, Jet chronicled the Civil Rights Movement from its earliest years. Published in a small digest-sized format from its inception, Jet printed in all or mostly black-and-white until its December 27, 1999 issue. In 2009, Jet’s publishing format was changed; it was published every week with a double issue published once each month. Currently distributed in digital format, Jet’s final print publication was June 23, 2014. In 2016, Johnson Publishing sold Jet and its sister publication Ebony to private equity firm Clear View Group. The publishing company is now known as Ebony Media Corporation.

In May 2014, the publication announced the print edition would be discontinued and switch to a digital format in June. In June 2016, after 71 years, Jet and its sister publication Ebony (but not their photo archives) were sold by Johnson Publishing to Clear View Group, for an undisclosed amount. In 2019, Johnson Publishing filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy liquidation, it sold its historic Jet and Ebony photo archives to a consortium of foundations to be made available to the public.

Ref: To Become a Desktop Publisher by @henbodegabrown

EBONY Magazine Is Published

On this date in 1945, the first issue of EBONY magazine was published in Chicago.

John H. Johnson started the magazine with a $500 loan on his mother’s furniture. The first office of Johnson Publishing Co., which was then called Negro Digest Publishing Co., was on the second floor of the Windy City’s Supreme Life Insurance Co. building in a room of a private law firm.

Soon Johnson bought the company’s first building to house EBONY and its sister publication Negro Digest on South State Street in Chicago.

Ref to be a Journalist or Reporter by @henbodegabrown

The African Free School Opens in New York City
On this date in 1796, the first school for Blacks in America opened.

The African Free School was begun in New York City by the Manumission Society. The African Free School commenced as a one-room school and the first permanent build was erected in later that year. After a fire destroyed the building, African School No. 2 opened in 1815, with room for 500 pupils.

By 1834, there were seven African Free Schools and they were eventually incorporated into the public school system.

Reference:
The African American Desk Reference
Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture by @henbodegabrown

All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, Hallowmas, Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. Have a blessed #allsaintsday #allsaints 🙏🏿🙏🏿 by @henbodegabrown