Agent for North American Van Lines providing national and international relocation services. Celebrating 140
yrs of great customer service & dependable moving!
#DYK: The oldest African-American owned business in the U.S. is in Ohio? Founded in 1881, @eewardmoving has grown into a multi-million dollar award-winning corporation.
Development had the pleasure of partnering with the business on a moving project at the Verne Riffe Center.
East is going back to the all orange jerseys for the first time since the '90's!
Major thanks to @eewardmoving for sponsoring both the girls AND boys with new uniforms this season ❤️
The 270 Faith City League jersey drive has helped increase participation numbers in CCS hoops
East hoops will have a very unified look with the girls and boys programs thanks to @eewardmoving sponsoring new uniforms during the 270 Faith City League jersey drive ❤️
From two horses and a wagon— E.E. Ward Moving and Storage Company has flourished into a fleet of trucks and two warehouses, one in Columbus, another in Charlotte, North Carolina. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/cTOZAf8g0S
*Brian and Dominique Reighard-Brooks* own the nation's oldest continuously operating #BlackOwned business E.E. Ward Moving & Storage 🏬 With years of history, here’s how they plan on keeping it going for generations to come 👇🏾 #BlavityOpEd https://t.co/D3pbn6AvTB
Brooks remembers his late godfather, Eldon Ward, as a historian and a true civil servant to the city of Columbus.
To read more about the origins of E.E. Ward, the company's familial history & its impact across the city and beyond, check out our piece ⤵️
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Steve Jordan talks to Brian and Dominique Brooks, co-owners of E. E. Ward Moving & Storage, the oldest African-American company in the United States.
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In January, E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co in Charlotte, North Carolina, was named North American Van Lines’ Agent of the Year.
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John T. Ward was a conductor on the Underground Railroad before founding E.E. Ward Moving & Storage in 1881. The Columbus business started as a stop on the Underground Railroad and is now the oldest Black-owned business in the U.S. https://t.co/4bbqS5MylW
.@eewardmoving’s founder, John T. Ward serviced one of the travel points on the Underground Railroad. "It would be maybe a full day's worth of traveling inconspicuously with horse and wagon to help these folks get further north to the land of freedom."
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Congrats to alumnus Brian Brooks '87 and his wife, Dominique, president and co-owners of @eewardmoving, on the recent announcement of their induction into the National Civil Rights Hall of Fame! The induction ceremony is set to take place tomorrow, June 25th, in Columbus.
7/ “We look at that legacy and we equate it to reliability. That E.E. Ward's going to be here…Eldon [John T’s great grandson] had a quote, ‘do what's right, come what may.’ There's a lot to be said about that.”
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6/ Brian Brooks' @eewardmoving is the oldest Black-owned co in the US, dating back 140 years. Its founder John T. Ward was a conductor on the Underground Railroad; the company was operated by the Ward family until 2000, when Brooks and his wife bought it.
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