Black History Project Update: Year Five

Wednesday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

Learn more about Black history in the Monadnock Region and the ongoing research initiative to recover that history and make it accessible to the community. The Historical Society of Cheshire County and the Monadnock Center for History and Culture will present a project update on Wednesday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

The Recovering Black History in the Monadnock Region project seeks to fill the gaps in our local history related to the region’s Black residents. Using primary source documents, project researchers have traced the life stories of nearly 500 individuals and families that called the region home between 1730 and 1930.

This online program, hosted by Monadnock Center director and project co-leader Michelle Stahl, will present several of these life stories as well as a look at the project’s website BIPOCMonadnock.org.

The program is free. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7Z88IeQtSEmgURxXULAr0Q

The Recovering Black History Project has been supported through the generous sponsorship of Putnam Foundation, C&S Wholesale Grocers, NH Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Historical Society of Cheshire County, based in Keene, collects, preserves and communicates the history of Cheshire County. The Monadnock Center for History and Culture in Peterborough preserves and celebrates the history and culture of the region. To learn more visit www.HSCCNH.org and www.MonadnockCenter.org.