Tea Talks

   2025 Tea Talk Flyer (pdf) Press ReleasesThe Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Receives New Hampshire Humanities Grant to Host 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series – November 20, 2024The 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series Explores “The Art of War: Conflict and the African American Philosophy” – December 13, 2024A Celebration of Resilience Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Launches the 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series “The Art of War” at Portsmouth Public Library. – January…

The Art of WarConflict and the African American PhilosophyPresenter BiographiesSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2Things They Carried: An African Philosophy on War, Surviving Enslavement and CitizenshipDr. Edward Bruce Bynum, a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, is the author of several books on psychology, including The African Unconscious: Roots of Ancient Mysticism and Modern Psychology. He frequently speaks at national and international conferences and has been featured on radio, television, and documentaries. His research interests encompass depth psychology related to neuroscience, neuromelanin,…

Sunday, February 5, 2024″Before European Contact”: Changing the Ways We Present Our HistoryWrestling With the New DealA ‘Forgotten History’ of How the US Government Segregated AmericaRacial Differences in Access to New Deal Work Relief in 1940  Sunday, February 11, 2024Home Sick: Attaining the American Dream New Hampshire’s House Crisis is a Human Rights Issue The Gulf Between Black Homeowners and White is Actually Getting Bigger, Not Smaller People of Color Face Higher Rental Costs Than White Americans, Zillow Finds Sunday, February 18, 2024A Question of…

A New Deal For A Great Society  Presenters Biographies  Sunday, February 4, 2024 “New Deal or Raw Deal: Why it Matters. Gene Martin is the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute. Prior to NHFPI, he served as the Associate Director of Development and Director of Government Relations at Plymouth State University. He previously held various roles in the NH State Senate as the top policy and communications staffer in the Senate Minority Leader’s office, overseeing a policy…

 The Black Heritage Trail of NH is holding a contest in association with our 2024 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks.  Middle and High School students (age 13 and up) submit your questions for one of our  Tea Talk panels. If your question is chosen, you will be named History Scholar of the  Week. Your name will be announced and your question asked live at our Tea Talk. In  addition, both you and your teacher will receive a gift certificate for a…