Partnership of Historic Bostons Events | Recovering Black History in New England on 3/27 and 4/17

Hosted by Partnership of Historic Bostons

What happens when people are made invisible? Can they be brought back to life, at least in historical memory?

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Find out how to recover untold stories in this two-part series, Recovering Black History in New England, on Wednesday, March 27, and Wednesday, April 17, both on Zoom from 7-8:30pm. 

First, the story: on March 27, archaeologist Gail Golec tells the powerful story of the Brooks family of Walpole, New Hampshire, and Westminster, Vermont – a Black family who lived and worked across a region long assumed to be almost entirely white and whose lives she uncovered in burial grounds and archives.

Then, the workshop: on April 17, the dynamic history duo Jennifer Carroll (Historical Society of Cheshire County) and Michelle Stahl (Monadnock Center for History and Culture) explains how you, too, can become a history sleuth and uncover the previously unknown lives of Black New Englanders. Together with citizen researchers, their project has identified around 500 Black people in southern New Hampshire, shining a new light on Black history and the history of New England.

Both events are on Zoom, from 7-8:30pm, March 27 and April 17. Register now for Remembering the Brooks Family and Recovering Black History and became your own town’s history sleuth.

For info contact: phbostons@gmail.com.