“Am I Not a Man and a Brother," Official Medallion of the British Anti-Slavery Society by Josiah Wedgwood and either William Hackwood or Henry WebberIt’s a little-known part of Newport’s multifaceted history: During the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, people in the substantial African-heritage community here helped to lay the foundations for abolition, emancipation and the civil rights movement. Rhode Island Black Heritage Society scholars Theresa “Soni” Guzmán Stokes and Keith Stokes will trace this
Get the Measure of W. E. B. Du Bois at Preservation Society Lecture April 11 A series of lectures on the African-heritage experience during America’s Gilded Age will begin Thursday, April 11, at Rosecliff, one of the most iconic mansions of the period. Presented by The Preservation Society of Newport County and the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, “The Measure of a Man: Double Consciousness and the Fashioning of W. E. B. Du Bois” will examine little-known aspects of one of the most influential