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 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] 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.