National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminated at night.
Photo credit: Alan Karchmer/NMAAHC
Artists Building Capacity as World Citizens hosted “Black Towns in 19th-century America,” a program about the experience of African-American life in the US, presented by Brad Randolph and Kevin Wade Mitchell at the Women’s City Club in Portsmouth, NH, Nov. 26, 2017.
The artists were the recipients of ABC-WC scholarships that funded their visit to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. last August. ABC-WC awarded the scholarships as part of its collaboration with the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, in honor of the UN Decade for People of African Descent.
Brad Randolph
Both men have long been active in the evolution and growth of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail. This organization, established in 1995, works to preserve, celebrate and honor the history and culture of the African-American community in Portsmouth and the New Hampshire region, from its colonial-era African Burying Ground to the modern Civil Rights Movement. The Trail, which serves as a model across the country for raising public awareness and appreciation of local Black history, recently evolved into a larger statewide organization, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire.
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