Negro Development and Exposition Company

The Negro Development and Exposition Company of the United States of America,[1] was an organization established in 1903 by Giles Beecher Jackson. It was also known as the Negro Development and Exposition Co. (NDEC), and the Negro Development and Exposition Company of the U.S.A.. It was headquartered at 528 Broad Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia,[1][2] the initial purpose of the company was to support an exhibit dedicated to African Americans in the "Negro Building" at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition.[3][4][5][6][7] There were public issues with financials and accounting by the NDEC,[8] and in 1908, they were faced with a breach of contract lawsuit related to the 1907 Jamestown Exposition.[9]

Negro Development and Exposition Co. building (1911), Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia
Negro Development and Exposition Co. building (1911), Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia

The NDEC capitalized on the display of African American achievements.[3] Their goal was the creating the first national museum to highlight African American achievement history, but which was never created.[3]

See also

References
  1. "The Negro Development and Exposition of the U.S.A." Franklin's Paper the Statesman. 1906-10-26. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  2. "The Negro Development and Exposition Company". The Richmond News Leader. 1928-09-06. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  3. Hintz, Eric S. (2021-08-17). American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D. MIT Press. pp. 125–128. ISBN 978-0-262-36571-0.
  4. Voices of the African American experience. Lionel C. Bascom. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2009. pp. 368–373. ISBN 978-0-313-34348-3. OCLC 458769458.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Yarsinske, Amy Waters (1999). Jamestown Exposition: American Imperialism on Parade. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 30–33. ISBN 978-0-7385-0167-3.
  6. Center, Smithsonian Lemelson (2016-09-15). "An Early Attempt to Build a "National Museum for Colored People"". Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. Franklin, Lucy Brown (1975). "The Negro Exhibition of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of 1907". Negro History Bulletin. 38 (5): 408–414. JSTOR 44175679 – via JSTOR.
  8. "The Negros at Jamestown Exposition". The Free Lance-Star. 1907-01-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  9. "Suit is Echo of Exposition". The Portsmouth Star. 1908-03-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-11.

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