Black Heritage Trail of NH Tea Talks — "Before European Contact": Changing the Ways We Present Our History

Many rich stories about the complex history of our region remain hidden, oftentimes erased in the conventional dominant stories. These narratives start with European contact on these shores and the arrival of enslaved Africans.

This conversation aims to foreground the silenced stories of the Indigenous and African American experiences before European contact. Panelists will also discuss how we can change the language we use to tell a truer history when that history is told from an Indigenous and African point of view.

The Black Heritage Trail Tea Talk series will be held in-person and online.

Presenters:
Anthony Bogues, Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University

Anne Jennison, New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs

Akeia de Barros Gomes, Sr. Curator of Maritime Social Histories, Mystic Seaport Museum

Moderator: Meghan Howey, Interim Director, Center for the Humanities., University of New Hampshire

Registration is required for both in-person and online participation. 

Register and find out more at https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/elinor-williams-hooker-tea-talks-2023/

For the 2023 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks Series, together we will create a safe space for meaningful interchanges, grounded in history and lived experience between different segments of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. We will also investigate the current issues that continue to create tension in the community.

The Winter Tea Talks are a series of participatory panel presentations and discussions related to New Hampshire’s Black history and African American culture.