BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN JIM CROW MEMPHIS 1930s rare film!

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00:00 (TC: 00.01.12): HAND DRAWN TITLE CARD: "THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS"
00:00 (TC: 00.01.20): TITLE CARD: "WASHBURN'S SERVICE STATION. WICKS
AVENUE AT MISSISSIPPI BLVD. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. A SERVICE
INSTITUTION. MR. CHARLES WASHBURN, PROPRIETOR". 00 01 31 VARIOUS SHOTS PAN GULF GAS STATION, REPAIR SHOP, OFFICE.
1940 SEDAN PARKED BY GAS PUMPS. BLACK MAN SHINING CAR WITH
WHITE WALLED TIRES, POSING WITH CHILD AND OTHERS. BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESSES.
00:56 (TC: 00.02.16): TITLE CARD: "THE UNION PROTECTIVE ASSURANCE COMPANY BEALE AVENUE,
MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE. AN OLD LINE LEGAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
WRITING BURIAL AND DISABILITY INSURANCE. DISTRICT OFFICE"
01:13 (TC: 00.02.33): VARIOUS SHOTS INTERIOR DISTRICT OFFICE. MAN ADDRESSING LARGE GROUP
BLACK BUSINESS PEOPLE OR EMPLOYEES. ALL APPLAUD.
02:32 (TC: 00.03.52): TITLE CARD: "HOME OFFICE: MAIN OFFICE AND AUDITING DEPARTMENT"
BLACK SECRETARY ON TELEPHONE. BLACK WOMAN TYPING. TITLE CARD:
"OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND BOOKKEEPER". BLACK FEMALE
WORKER TALLIES ON 1940s ADDING MACHINE AS PIPE-SMOKING BOSS SITS,
WRITES AT SAME DESK. READS OFF NUMBERS.
03:20 (TC: 00.04.40): TITLE: "OFFICE OF SECRETARY - TREASURER"
GREY HAIRED BLACK MAN AT DESK POSES.
03:35 (TC: 00.04.55): "OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESS, MR. WHALUM".
CIGAR IN HAND, DICTATES TO SECRETARY
03:55 (TC: 00.05.15): "OFFICE OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR". POSES AND WORKS.
04:10 (TC: 00.05.30): BLACK INSURANCE AGENTS POSE OUT IN FRONT OF BUSINESS
FILE PAST CAMERA AS THEY RE-ENTER BUILDING. "GULF" SIGN IN BKGD.
PAN OFFICERS OF INSURANCE AGENCY POSE.
06:43 (TC: 00.08.03): TITLE CARD: "ADULT SCHOOL AT THE METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH,
COMMERCIAL CLASS TAUGHT BY MRS. S.E. GRIGGS. THE MEMBERS OF
THIS CLASS ARE MEMBERS ALSO OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S THRIFT CLUB
OF THER CITY FEDERATION".
06:57 (TC: 00.08.17): VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN STANDING ON CONCRETE STEPS OF BUILDING.
LITTLE BOY STANDS ON CONCRETE RAIL OF STOOP AS WOMEN POSE.
07:33 (TC: 00.08.53): TEACHER OF COMMERCIAL COURSE, MRS. S. E. GRIGGS POSES BY STOOP.
BLACK TEACHERS.
07:48 (TC: 00.09.08): BLACK FEMALE MEMBERS OF CLASS SIGNING INTO LEDGER BOOK
AS MS. GRIGGS WATCHES.
09:03 (TC: 00.10.23): PAN ADULT EDUCATION CLASS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN SEATED AT
DESKS SINGING AS PIANO PLAYER PLAYS. AFTER SONG ALL STAND & BOW
THEIR HEADS IN PRAYER.
09:40 (TC: 00.11.00): TITLE: "CLASS TYPING BY MUSIC". PAN TO PIANO PLAYER. LEARNING
BY RHYTHM.
09:48 (TC: 00.11.08): SIGN IN STORE WINDOW: "GORINE BEAUTY COLLEGE, MME.GSM YOUNG".
GROUP POSING IN FRONT OF STORE WINDOW.