Meet Jack Stains, a “Black Jack” in Historic Old Portsmouth: A Living History Tour

Racism in medicine, a problem with roots over 2,500 years old, is a historical continuum that continuously affects the health of African Americans and the way they receive healthcare. Racism is, at least in part, responsible for the fact that Blacks and People of Color, since enslavement, have had inadequate health care, poor health status, and poorer health outcomes. This panel will discuss how myths about racial inferiority and physical racial differences have operated in the fields of medical practice,…

Many of our beliefs are passed along to us from our families and communities, who transmit the foundational ideas that shape how we see the world. How the arts and humanities shape their contents also have a powerful influence on how we form particular beliefs. This panel will discuss the historical role the arts, literature and interpretive spaces such as museums have played in shaping our beliefs and discuss the value of presenting more inclusive stories and diverse representations into…

From the moment a child is born, his or her education begins. As the child grows beliefs, cultural expectations and norms are reinforced by teachers, textbooks, and classmates. For students outside the dominant culture, this aspect of the educational system can pose significant challenges for once the brain has constructed a belief, it rationalizes it with explanations and thus becomes invested in the belief. This panel will explore the historical challenges educational institutions have faced in dealing with diverse student…

The implicit associations and beliefs we harbor in our subconscious cause us to have feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, and appearance. With a lens on educational institutions, politics and the law, this closing discussion will feature a group of emerging New Hampshire voice that will explore where we are culturally as a state and where we want to be heading. MORE TEA TALKS

Zoom & Facebook Live Cooking with Selina: A Soul Food Cooking Show More Info Register here

Music to Celebrate Our Ancestors: Drumming, Dance & Song African drumming and dance group Akwaaba Ensemble More Info Register here

The Negro Ensemble Company New York More info Register here

This panel of scholars, featuring special guest Adrian Miller, will explore how history, science, and food connect major events in African American history and define Black culinary traditions. The panel will also share what dental metrics and plaque analysis can tell us about New Hampshire’s early African Americans. More info Register here

A Quest to Thrive: Economics of Slavery & Portsmouth’s Early Black Community Pre-registration is required. Tour Info

Pre-registration is required. Tour Info