Door Notes Workplace histories
Three workplaces. Start with a person who opened a door for Black workers. Follow the records to see how far that history reaches.
Trace your own job
Record year 1924
Booker T. Washington High School
Atlanta, Georgia
As the school’s first principal, Charles Lincoln Harper hired teachers for Atlanta’s first public high school for Black students.
Still open The connection between teacher training in Marion, Alabama, and this school in Atlanta.
Record year 1968
Anna B. Coles trained as a nurse at Freedmen’s Hospital and became the first dean of Howard’s College of Nursing.
Still open How any one nurse trained or was hired at Howard.
Record year 1922
Sam Taylor founded an electrical contracting company in Chicago. Its project records later name Soldier Field as one of its jobsites.
Still open Which electricians worked at Soldier Field and how they joined the crew.
Degrees, training and licenses
Start with something you enjoy, or compare the kind of responsibility you want next.
A school, hospital, contractor, or another place you want to trace.