Kimberly Bryant to Keynote BNEC
Kimberly, Bryant, Founder of Black Girls Code will deliver the Keynote Address at the 11th Black New England Conference on Friday, October 20 at the University of New Hampshire, Huddleston Hall.
2017 Spring Symposium
Mapping The Underground Railroad: The Black Past Remembered and Reclaimed in New Hampshire Saturday, May 6, 2017 The North has historically basked in its participation in the Underground Railroad leaving untold, till recent times, its complicity in the slave trade. The keynote address and panel discussion for this symposium will highlight stories of some Black New Hampshire heroes and present information on the state’s participation in the Atlantic slave trade and what became known as the Underground Railroad. Archaeologist Dr.…
Register now for Richard Potter Event
Join author John Hodgson and living history performance Robert Olson as they shares their work on one of the most captivating personalities in the history of his craft, Richard Potter. This event will also offer a guided backstage tour of Portsmouth Music Hall and a book signing with author John Hodgson. Apart from a handful of exotic and almost completely unreliable tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is mostly unknown today. Two hundred years ago he was the most popular entertainer in…
Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail joins statewide group
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, previously merged with the Portsmouth Historical Society, has a new home.
The carefully researched walking trail originally designed by historian Valerie Cunningham is now part of a newly formed statewide nonprofit organization.
Richard Potter, America’s First Black Celebrity
New Book: Richard Potter, America’s First Black Celebrity
The first full-length biography of formerly famous ventriloquist Richard Potter will be published in February 2018. Author John A. Hodgson offers a deeply researched study of the nation’s first professional magician and “America’s First Black Celebrity” who owned land at “Potter’s Place” in New Hampshire and frequently performed in Portsmouth.
2017 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks
2017 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks A series of participatory lectures related to New Hampshire’s Black history and African American culture. Presented by the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail in collaboration with the Seacoast African American Cultural Center, these Sunday afternoon “Tea Talks” are held at Discover Portsmouth, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 2 -4 pm and are free and open to the public. Clink on the accompanying links to view videos of talks. Sunday, February 5, 2017 Politics…
2017 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail Guided Tours
2017 Sankofa Guided Tours are presented by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail. The PBHT, founded in 1995, works to preserve, celebrate and honor the history and culture of the African-American community in Portsmouth and the New Hampshire region. With distinctive bronze plaques that identify the community from its colonial-era African Burying Ground to the modern Civil Rights Movement, the Trail is proud to serve as a model across the country on what…
Blacks’ Contributions to Science – Willing and Unwilling
DURHAM, NH –The role of Black Americans in science and engineering – as well as the myths promoting a belief in racial inferiority – will be explored at the 11th annual Black New England conference this weekend (Oct. 20-21) at the University of New Hampshire.
Thomas Hooker to Receive Citizen of the Year Award
DURHAM, NH – Thomas L. Hooker of Nashua, a long-time federal and state human services administrator, will be honored at the Black New England Conference Friday, Oct. 20 at the University of New Hampshire with the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Citizen of the Year Award. Jim Donchess, the mayor of Nashua will present the award.
2017 Black New England Conference
2017 BLACK NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE THE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING OF RACE: Living Through the Archives October 20 – 21st, 2017 Huddleston Hall, University of New Hampshire Modern medical and social sciences have made some extraordinary advances through the exploitation of Black bodies while simultaneously allowing myths of racial inferiority to continue as justification for centuries of enslavement and political disenfranchisement. From the Tuskegee syphilis experiment to the unethical use of Henrietta Lacks’ cells to engineer a polio vaccine, to the…
