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December 2024 Newsletter

sonistokesJanuary 15, 2025

Reef Bay, St. John U.S. Virgin Islands National Park Images

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September 2024 Newsletter

Celebrating Milestones And Looking Ahead: BirthRiteRI’s Remarkable Journey Executive Director On June 15th, 2024, we…

sonistokesSeptember 6, 2024

The African heritage experience in Newport , Rhode Island Picture

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March 2024 Newsletter

From The Executive Director Executive Director It is hard to believe that by the time…

sonistokesMarch 25, 2024

Mahlon Van Horne Picture

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The Right to be Heard: Black Voices in Rhode Island History

As we are in the midst of a worldwide Black Lives Matter and social justice…

sonistokesJuly 13, 2023

Political Activist Abolishist Frederick Douglass

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What Does the Fourth of July Mean to the African American? A Historical Perspective

Frederick Douglass, perhaps one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders, presented a speech in Rochester,…

sonistokesJuly 13, 2023

The Newport Man Behind the African American Labor Movement

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The Newport Man Behind the African American Labor Movement

“The Colored, as well as the white laborers of the United States, are not satisfied…

sonistokesJuly 13, 2023