Tea Talk #1 | Sunday, February 1 | 2:00 PM | Portsmouth Public Library

This opening conversation traces the evolution of Black speechmaking, from the fiery antislavery addresses of Frederick Douglass delivered here in New Hampshire to the soaring cadences of Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Malcolm X. Participants will explore how oratory served as both a survival strategy and a weapon of resistance, affirming African American speech as a vital force for social change.

Art: Lale and the Children by L’Merchie Frazier ©