Dreaming Black Art: Gateways to a New Awareness Juneteenth Celebration

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, May 9, 2024

Juneteenth, a federal holiday celebrated each year on June 19th, is the oldest known nationally celebrated event commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Here in New Hampshire, Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) is partnering with the Currier Museum of Art and Seacoast African American Cultural Center (SAACC) to host celebratory events in Manchester and Portsmouth on June 7, 13, and 19, 2024. Programs include an art exhibit and reception, an in-person and virtual in-depth panel discussion, children’s drumming workshop, African drumming, and more.

Feb. 7-March 14 Tea Talks, Claiming Our Place: Blacks in ‘White Spaces’

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, January 16, 2021

The 2021 Tea Talk Series, as a way to rethink our assumptions about race and place, explores how African Americans navigate various “white spaces”, spaces where Blacks and People of Color are marginalized, typically absent, and unexpected. Through shared stories and dialogue this series will present ideas and offer opportunities for understanding and reconciliation.

Jan. 21: ‘Love, Love, Love’ – The Black Matter Is Life poetry series concludes with poet Jericho Brown

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, January 2, 2021

Explore how African American poetry shows that love is still possible despite racism and injustice.

Sept. 25 & 26: 14th Annual Black New England Conference celebrates leadership of Black women

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, September 20, 2020

This year’s conference will celebrate, examine, and make visible Black women’s leadership and activism in fights to make positive change in our society. In keeping with the theme of this year’s conference, “Black Women Rock: Leading the Charge for Social and Political Change,” the event will have panelists and keynote speakers who are influential Black women and trailblazers in their communities.

June 18: Cooking with Selina, a Juneteenth Soul Food Cooking Show

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, June 12, 2020

Join Selina Choate June 18 for an online Soul Food cooking demonstration as part of the Black Heritage Trail of NH Juneteenth event series.

Black History Month 2019 Tea Talks: That Which Divides, That Which Unites

Sunday, June 16, 2024Monday, January 14, 2019

Through shared stores and dialogue this series of talks will explore these conflicts and will present ideas on how we as a nation could move beyond tensions around race, religion, wealth & income.