2018 Past News & Events Archives - Black Heritage Trail NH

2018 Trolley Tours

2018 Past News & Events, Tours

2018 Guided Walking Tours Self-guided tour Refreshingly affordable and different with its authentic “open air” seating and magnificent oak and brass appointments, our Sankofa Trolley Tour will be an unforgettable experience that is both unique and fun! This informative overview of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail is just right for a first visit to the city or for those who prefer an alternative to a walking tour. Our well-trained and experienced Sankofa Scholars narrate an hour and a half tour…

2018 Sankofa Guided Walking Tours

2018 Past News & Events, Tours

2018 Trolley Tours Self-guided tour Hancock Tours Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail 2018 Sankofa Guided Tours Africans have contributed to the economic and cultural fabric of New Hampshire since the 1600s. More than 700 Blacks lived in Portsmouth by the time of the Revolution, many of them caught up as chattel in the lucrative Northern slave market while others were part of a marginalized community of free people. Experience the history and cultural roots of the early African Community in Portsmouth…

Kevin Wade Mitchell at Portsmouth Public Library

2018 Past News & Events, Tours

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, 2-3pm, Portsmouth NH Public Library’s Hilton Room A performance of story, music and history. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments and Q&A after the performance. The 2nd annual event honoring the U.N International Decade for People of African Descent Presented by Artists Building Capacity as World Citizens A dramatic performance by NH Seacoast actor Kevin Wade Mitchell, through story and music, he explores the life of a little-known New England historical figure of color,…

Giving Tuesday

2018 Past News & Events

By donating today you can help us broaden our reach in the community and start our work to move into our new home at 222 Court Street where we will continue to strive towards a transformed society, where knowledge and engagement can create more just communities. GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season). Your generous donation…

A Journey Through Portsmouth’s History

2018 Past News & Events

Tues December 4, 2018 5:30pm Book & Bar Portsmouth corner of State & Pleasant St. Please come celebrate with us the release of our first book! Black Heritage Trail of NH has published its first of a planned series of books on Self-Guided Walking Tours in different areas of New Hampshire. First in the series is: Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Contributing editors are: Valerie Cunningham, founding member of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail…

A Community Dialogue on Being Muslim in New Hampshire

2018 Past News & Events

Manchester, N.H. – The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) will host a community dialogue entitled, On Being Muslim in the Deep North, on Sunday, November 4 2018 from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Walker Auditorium at SNHU in Manchester. Facilitated by Kyla Page, the Directory for Diversity Programs at SNHU, the dialogue and panel discussion will explore the issues facing the growing Muslim community in New Hampshire and the intersection…

New Book: Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail

2018 Past News & Events

Black Heritage Trail of NH has published its first of a planned series of books on Self-Guided Walking Tours in different areas of New Hampshire. First in the series is: Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Contributing editors are: Valerie Cunningham, founding member of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail JerriAnne Boggis, Executive Director, Black Heritage Trail of NH Anne Richter Arnold, Angela Matthews, and Cathy Wolff, Black Heritage Trail of NH Softcover, 7×10, 64 full…

Artist Richard Haynes making culture, uncovering history during Langdon House residency

2018 Past News & Events

October 1, 2018 By Anne Richter Arnold Artist Richard Haynes has spent the last several months working in his studio at the Langdon House with Cyrus Bruce. He has come to know this long-dead gentleman, also an African American resident of Portsmouth, through creating his portrait, sharing his forgotten story through art. As these two men’s lives converge in this portrait, Haynes, the storyteller of African American lives, invites us to know more about Cyrus Bruce, the artist and ourselves.…

Hancock’s Black Heritage Trail

2018 Past News & Events, Tours

On Sunday, Eric Aldrich told tales of Hancock’s first black family – their personal scandals, which became public scandals through church admonishments, the troubling burial of Elliot Due, and the factions of town torn over the anti-slavery movement. The story makes up the fabric of a new piece of a black heritage tour previously only offered in Portsmouth. No pictures remain of the Hancock’s first black residents, James Due and Jack Weare, or either of Due’s children. What little remains of their lives is mostly taken from church records and census records of the day, some of which is inaccurate,…

Community Dialogue: Memory, Art, Culture, and Black History

2018 Past News & Events

Thursday, September 13, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, N.H. Join JerriAnne Boggis of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire; Richard Haynes, artist and University of New Hampshire educator; and Ken Turino of Historic New England for a discussion on how African Americans are represented in art and historical contexts, issues around representation in historic houses and museums, and issues of visibility and erasure. Free and open to the public. Please…