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PRINTED MATERIALSConference Flyer  (8.5 x 11) Conference Postcard (Front & Back) PRESS RELEASESSeptember 18, 2024 – Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Take Center Stage at the 18th Annual Black New England Conference, Oct 5 at SNHUSeptember 10, 2024 – BHTNH Announces 2024 Citizen of the Year Award Recipient, Justice Roe WilliamsSeptember 5, 2024 – The 18th Annual Black New England Conference Returns to SNHU on October 5 ‘LIVING OUT LOUD’ Embracing the Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Sexual OrientationPress Release #1 – Black Heritage…

Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire   Celebrating a 30-Year Legacy Founded by cultural historian and civil rights activist Valerie Cunningham, the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail has grown over three decades into the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH). Today, it empowers thousands across the state to experience the transformative power of history. With dozens of historic markers across the state sharing stories that honor the rich tapestry of NH’s Black History, there’s an incredible opportunity at our doorstep…

The Black Heritage Trail of NH in partnership with the Manchester Historic Association invites you to an historic marker unveiling honoring enslaved people’s contribution to Manchester’s textile industry.   Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford St, Manchester, NH Schedule of Events: 10:00 am – Opening Prayer and Pouring of Libations for the Ancestors – Brenda Lett 10:03 am – Welcome – Anthony Poore President & CEO, NH Center for Justice & Equality 10:06…

The Black Heritage Trail of NH in partnership with David and Liisa Palance invites you to a historic marker unveiling honoring Harriet E. Wilson at the Nehemiah Hayward Homestead.Date: April 26, 2025Time: 10 AMLocation: The Nehemiah-Hayward Homestead, 19 Maple Street, Milford, NHUnveiling Ceremony Followed by Reception.

The Black Heritage Trail of NH in partnership with the Dunbarton Historical Awareness Committee invites you to an historic marker unveiling honoring Scipio Page, Dunbarton’s Black Veteran of the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars and Captain of a Regional Black Militia.Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024Time: 10:00 AMLocation: Pages Cemetery, 339 Stark Highway North, Dunbarton, NHSchedule of Events:Opening Remarks – Dave Nault, Chairman of the Board of SelectmenInvocation – Norman Roberge, Chaplain, Dunbarton American Legion Post #116Welcome from the BHTNH…

Located at 223 Water Street, Exeter, NH Exeter had the highest percentage of Black residents in NH in the first US census, at nearly 5%. Close to a dozen Black Revolutionary War veterans made Exeter their home upon their return from the War. They raised families and are a strong presence for nearly 60 years. They veterans got their military pensions in the building that is not the American Independence Museum. Black citizens attended integrated schools. One of these citizens, James…

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Located at 15 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey, NH 03452   Marker honors Amos Fortune. Amos Fortune (c.1710-1801) was a prominent tanner, bookbinder, and philanthropist who bought his freedom in colonial New England as an African-American man. In 1781, Amos and his family relocated to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where Amos established a prosperous tannery. Upon his death in 1801, he bequeathed $233 to the town of Jaffrey for educational programs, and $100 to the church to purchase “a handsome gift,” making…