2019 Past News & Events Archives - Black Heritage Trail NH

2019 BNEC Schedule

2019 Past News & Events, BNEC

2019 Black New England Conference Presenters Bios Getting There 13th Annual Black New England Conference: BLACK INK: African American News from Slave Songs to Social Media, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH October 25-26, 2019 Online Registration Closed Please call 603-570-8469 for late registration. Conference Schedule FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 9:00 – 12:00 noon Black Heritage Trail Tour to MILFORD, NH Trailblazer Harriet E. Wilson: From Servitude to Authorship In early September 1859, the Boston firm of George C. Rand…

Black New England Conference Call for Papers 2019

2019 Black New England Conference

2019 Past News & Events, BNEC

13th Annual Black New England Conference: BLACK INK: African American News from Slave Songs to Social Media, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH October 25-26, 2019 Online Registration Closed Please call 603-570-8469 for late registration. #BNEC2019 “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” Conference Keynote Address by: April Ryan The 13th Black New England Conference (BNEC) will explore the critical role of the Black Press as purveyors of news and information and…

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Hosts Author of “When Love Prevails” –

2019 Past News & Events

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Hosts Author of “When Love Prevails” – A Story of Surviving the Rwandan Genocide Portsmouth, NH: On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 5:30 pm, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) will host a book talk with Jean Bosco Rutagengwa, author of “When Love Prevails”. The event, part of the weekly educational Thursday on the Trail series, is free and open to the public, and will be held at the BHTNH headquarters…

Black history in plain sight: One woman’s quest to topple stereotypes

2019 Past News & Events

Valerie Cunningham is a truth-teller. She’s known for busting myths by bringing hidden stories of African Americans to life – stories that can help shape a better understanding of the nation’s early chapters. Through decades of digging alone in church basements, archives, and courthouses, Ms. Cunningham laid the foundation for the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, which turns 25 next year and includes a large memorial for the 18th-century African Burying Ground.

2019 Citizen of the Year Award Winner: Melvin B. Miller

2019 Past News & Events, BNEC

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is proud to announce that the recipient of the 2019 Citizen of the Year Award is Melvin B. Miller. Miller, chief editor and publisher of the Bay State Banner. He will be honored at the 2019 Black New England Conference (BNEC) for his work and reports on local politics and national issues relating to social and economic justice affecting African Americans.
Miller will receive this distinction at the Friday evening Black New England Conference Award Dinner, October 25, the opening day of the 13th annual conference in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Art Round Town Walk

2019 Past News & Events

Friday, September 6, 2019 5 pm — Stop by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire at 222 Court Street during your Art ‘Round Town walk to meet Artist & BHTNH Volunteer, Diane Stradling, as she shows her recent collages that give expression to her need to explore the absurd and/or quirky times in which we live.

Teaching Black History in New Hampshire Schools

2019 Past News & Events

By RICK GANLEY & MARY MCINTYRE • SEP 3, 2019 Last fall, a Dover High School teacher was placed on leave after a class assignment on the Reconstruction Period led to students singing about the Ku Klux Klan to the tune of Jingle Bells. The incident led to discussions within the Dover School District and other local school communities about better equipping teachers on how they talk about the histories of persons of color in their classrooms. And as students…

BHTNH Announce 2019 Bus & Walking Tour in Hancock, NH

2019 Past News & Events, Tours

Hancock, NH: The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH), is thrilled to announce its 2019 bus/walking tour in Hancock. This is the second year that the BHTNH has held tours outside of the original area of Portsmouth and the Seacoast, where it offered guided walking and trolley tours along the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail.
Hancock, which can be described as a “quintessential New England village”, appears to be a place where time has stood still.

April Ryan bringing ‘State of Black Press’ to NH

2019 Past News & Events, BNEC

PORTSMOUTH — The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire has announced White House correspondent April Ryan will keynote its 13th annual Black New England Conference, a two-day event in October at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.

The theme of this year’s conference, scheduled to be held Oct. 25-26, is “BLACK INK: African American News from Slave Songs to Social Media.”

Moffat Ladd Kitchen and kids learning about slavery in NH

What is the slavery curriculum in NH Schools?

2019 Past News & Events

By Hadley Barndollar Posted Aug 3, 2019 SeacoastOnline PORTSMOUTH — In a typical New Hampshire classroom with 20 students, statistically 17 of them are white. Because 90 percent of the state is white, according to census data, their teacher is most likely white too. It begs the question: How does the third whitest state in the country teach slavery and black history in its public schools? Amidst a polarizing climate where candidates for president are openly discussing reparations for enslavement…