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The 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series Explores “The Art of War: Conflict and the African American Philosophy”

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) presents the 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series, titled “The Art of War: Conflict and the African American Philosophy.” Inspired by Sun Tzu’s classic text, The Art of War, this year’s series presents a unique framework to explore how African philosophies of war, strategy, resilience, and collective action have influenced African American history.…

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Receives New Hampshire Humanities Grant to Host 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series

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The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) is honored to announce it has been awarded a New Hampshire Humanities Community Grant to support its 2025 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series. This popular community dialogue series takes place every Sunday in February at 2:00 PM at the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, NH. The 2025 series, themed “The Art of War: Conflict and African American Philosophy,” takes inspiration from Sun Tzu’s timeless classic and explores a holistic approach to navigating conflict and achieving victory…

Black Heritage Trail of NH to Receive $76,069 ArtsHERE Grant

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Grant Projects Designed to Expand Access to Arts Participation in Communities Nationwide The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) is pleased to announce they are one of 112 organizations nationwide selected to receive an ArtsHERE grant of $79,069 as part of a new pilot program from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with South Arts and in collaboration with the other five U.S. Regional Arts Organizations. These grants support specific projects that will strengthen the organization’s capacity…

Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Take Center Stage at the 18th Annual Black New England Conference, Oct 5 at SNHU

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The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) is pleased to announce the keynote and panel presentations secured for its 18th Annual Black New England Conference (BNEC) on October 5, 2024. This hybrid event will be hosted at Southern NH University (SNHU) in Manchester, NH and online. This year’s event, ‘LIVING OUT LOUD: The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation’, features world-renowned Tiq Milan (he/him) for a Keynote Conversation: A Model of Possibilities to be hosted by NH’s own…

BHTNH 2024 Citizen of the Year, Justice Roe Williams

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Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Will Award Citizen of the Year to Justice Roe Williams at the 18th Annual Black New England ConferenceJustice Roe Williams (he/him) is a poet, writer, author, and now co-editor of his upcoming anthology, Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What It Means to Be Fit in American Culture” published in 2023 with North Atlantic Books. A unique book project that takes the journey of diverse bodies, from coaches to…

The 18th Annual Black New England Conference Returns to SNHU on October 5 ‘LIVING OUT LOUD’ Embracing the Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation

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The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) is excited to announce the 18th Annual Black New England Conference will take place on October 5, 2024. The event will be hosted by Southern NH University (SNHU) in Manchester, NH.This year’s focus is ‘LIVING OUT LOUD: The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation’ Race, gender, and sexual orientation have been historically intertwined and have reflected the complex dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression within society.According to JerriAnne Boggis, Executive Director…

Black Heritage Trail of NH Presents 2024 Sankofa Guided Walking Tours

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Black Heritage Trail of NH Presents 2024 Sankofa Guided Walking Tours “Ona Judge Day” Tour May 21 kicks off 2024 series Portsmouth, New Hampshire… Portsmouth Black History tours have been going on for 30 years. The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) expanded these tours state-wide 7 years ago. Known for sharing a truer, more inclusive history of New Hampshire, BHTNH’s 2024 tour season kicks off with a special “Ona Judge Day” tour on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 2 pm. Afterward,…

Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS18th Annual Black New England Conference Living Out Loud: The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexual OrientationDeadline June 1, 2024The intersectionality of race, gender, and sexual orientation has been historically intertwined, reflecting the complex dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression within society. Throughout history, marginalized communities have faced multiple forms of discrimination and marginalization, exacerbating their struggles for recognition, equality, and justice.From the civil rights movement to voting rights to the LGBTQ+ rights movement, individuals at the intersections…

Black Heritage Trail of NH in partnership with Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden Present “Discovery of Our Interconnected Legacies in Portsmouth:  New Hampshire’s Slavery History”

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The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and the Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden have come together in partnership; their inaugural offering is a not-to-be-missed conversation between descendants of African and white families of Portsmouth from the 1700s. Entitled “Discovery of Our Interconnected Legacies of Portsmouth: New Hampshire’s Slave History” the program will feature eight generation descendants Laurel Guild Yancey and Tonya Ward Singer talking about their discoveries of slavery and its legacy in their families. The event will take place…

Black Heritage Trail of NH Unveils Historic Marker in Exeter

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A new pocket park honoring Exeter’s Black Revolutionary War soldiers, their families, and the community they lived in for over one hundred years will be the site of a Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire commemorative marker. The unveiling ceremony will be on Saturday, May 4th, at 10 a.m. This new pocket park will be located at 223 Water Street at the American flagpole, directly across from the American Independence Museum.Exeter had the highest percentage of Black residents in NH…