The Artifactual Journey podcast brings African American history to life through the objects, stories, and lived experiences preserved in the Nanny Jack & Co Archives. Each episode opens with an artifact and unfolds into a lively conversation, sometimes with a special guest, who helps illuminate the deeper history behind the artifact. It's history, memory, and spirited dialogue woven together, one artifact at a time.
Artifactual Journey
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The Artifactual Journey podcast brings African American history to life through the objects, stories, and lived experiences preserved in the Nanny Jack & Co Archives. Each episode opens with an artifact and unfolds into a lively conversation, sometimes with a special guest, who helps illuminate the deeper history behind the artifact. It's history, memory, and spirited dialogue woven together, one artifact at a time.
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Recent Episodes
May 25, 2026
Under The Stage Lights: Rediscovering Andrew S. Bishop
<p>In this episode, we step back into the footlights of early 20th century Black theatre and film to rediscover Andrew Stevens Bishop, a gifted stage actor and Oscar Micheaux film performers whose legacy has slipped into the shadows. Guided by a rare crayon portraiture and an equally rare real photo postcard from the Nanny Jack & Co Archives, we trace Bishop's journey across touring circuits, silent film sets, and the wider Bishop family lineage. This is a story of artistry, migration, and memory, illuminated once more under the stage lights. </p><p><br></p><p>Research for this podcast was gleaned from the following sources: </p><p><br></p><p>Aristocrats of Color: The Black Elite, 1880-1920 by Willard Gatewood (1990)</p><p><br></p><p>Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland by Jessica Millward (2015)</p><p>A History of African American Theatre by Errol G. Hill and James Vernon Hatch (2003) </p><p><br></p><p>Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era, edited by Charles Musser, Jane Marie Gaines, and Pearl Bowser (2016) </p><p><br></p><p>Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films by Henry T. Sampson (1995) </p><p><br></p><p>Whiting Up: Whiteface Minstrels and Stage Europeans in African American Performance by Marvin McAllister (2011) </p><p><br></p><p>To support the Artifactual Journey podcast, please subscribe through our Buy Me A Coffee page: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/artifactualj">Artifactual Journey is Podcasting</a></p>
September 14, 2023
Episode 53: Reclaiming the Black Past with Todd Johnson
<p>Listen to this exciting episode where Philip talks with Todd Johnson, executive director of the Johnston County Heritage Center in Smithfield, North Carolina, as they discuss the upcoming September 30th event, Reclaiming the Black Past: An Artifactual Journey. </p>
August 30, 2023
Episode 52: Kin with Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford
<p>To pre order a copt of Kin: Rooted in Hope, visit <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kin/Carole-Boston-Weatherford/9781665913621">https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kin/Carole-Boston-Weatherford/9781665913621</a></p>
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