Like most of us, we at the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire are outraged because of the murder of George Floyd. We are outraged because of his murder and because of other recent displays of the type of injustices African Americans bear daily. We are outraged and we are made weary. Part of our outrage is as you might expect: We are the Black Heritage Trail and Black Lives do Matter. But our outrage is not only because our…
Juneteenth is the oldest known nationally celebrated event commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in states in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” However, it was not until June 19th, 1865, two years later, when the U.S. Army took possession of Galveston Island in Texas and began a war against defenders of slavery that the enslaved people in Galveston,…
2020 Black New England Conference Presenters Bios Keynote Speakers Suggested Readings A Virtual Online Conference in partnership with Southern New Hampshire University CALL FOR PAPERS 14th Annual Black New England Conference BLACK WOMEN ROCK: Leading the Charge for Social and Political Change September 25-26, 2020 Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH #BNEC2020 As artists and activists, politicians and pundits, Black women continue to stand on the front line and lead the charge for social and political change. From Sojourner Truth…
Marie S. Metoyer (1925 – 2020) Marie Susan Madison Metoyer, M.D., 94, passed away on March 17, 2020, at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH after a brief illness. A resident of Manchester, NH for nearly four decades, Dr. Metoyer was a soft-spoken woman of few words whose appearance belied her impact on the State of New Hampshire, not only as the first African American female psychiatrist in the state, but her decades serving those less fortunate in community mental health, and…
By Hadley Barndollar Posted Feb 8, 2020 at 4:18 PM PORTSMOUTH — Per approval of the city’s African Burying Ground Stewardship Committee, two sets of remains from the historic 1700s site will undergo genome sequencing and forensic genealogical analysis — an effort to learn more about the lives led by these individuals, with a remote possibility of finding living descendants today. The City Council this week authorized the expenditure of up to $10,450 from the African Burying Ground Trust to…
New Hampshire Public Radio By JASON MOON • 02/02/2020 Like many presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is spending lots time in New Hampshire in the final days of the state’s presidential primary. But as he campaigned in Portsmouth on Sunday morning, he ended up doing more listening than talking. Patrick began the day with a tour of the city’s Black Heritage Trail. Flanked by campaign staff, reporters, and a handful of voters, Patrick rarely spoke, except to ask questions of the…
By Karen Dandurant news@seacoastonline.com Posted Feb 2, 2020 at 5:20 PMUpdated Feb 3, 2020 at 8:49 AM PORTSMOUTH — Presidential hopeful Deval Patrick took a tour of the Black Heritage Trail in Portsmouth on Sunday, learning about the history of New Hampshire slavery in the city. “Thank you for inviting me,” said Patrick, a Democrat. “I am looking forward to the tour.” The tour began at the Court Street home of the Black Heritage Trail. The first stop was the African Burial Ground memorial. Nur Shoop, a certified guide for BHT…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Portsmouth, NH, January 23, 2020) – – The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. The selected members are respected in the community and will join a group of civic and business leaders to guide the Trail as it expands across the state. The new members are Selina Choate, Associate Director of UNH McNair Scholars Program and Eric Cooper, Financial Advisor with Commonwealth…
February 2 – March 8, 2020 – Portsmouth, NH What’s Belief got to do with it? “For some of our most important beliefs, we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these beliefs.” —2002 Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman Belief is a powerful component of human nature that forms our convictions, molds our relationships and informs our behavior. These convictions provide a moral framework that guides our lives, thoughts, and hopes, and governs our societies.…
Valerie Cunningham invites you to join us for the 2020 Sankofa Bus Tour to DC’s National Museum of African American History & Culture Monday, August 10 – Friday, August 14 $955* includes: 5 days with 4 nights — Madison Hilton Hotel DC VIP motor-coach from Portsmouth NH to and around Washington DC • NMAAHC • Frederick Douglass House Museum • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial • and more! *Per person $355 non-refundable deposit per person due on February 14,…
