PRODUCTS
The following items are available for purchase at the Seacoast African American Cultural Center.
A Ribbon for Sammi
$15.00
By local author Royaline B. Edwards, Sammi is the story of a young squirrel looking for a new home after his old one has been cut down. It was written for children in the 8 to 12 age range.
Child Out Of Place: A Story of New England
$12.00
Local Author Patricia Wall introduces youngsters to a long neglected chapter in the history of enslaved Africans in America – the New England chapter. Based on careful research, this novel about young Matty Warren Smith and her family offers not only an absorbing read, it provides parents and teachers with a gentle means to get discussions going about a painful era in America’s history and about some of the repercussions of that era today.
Beyond Freedom
$12.00
Beyond Freedom, also by Patricia Wall, continues the first story, “Child out of Place,” about Matty and her family while revealing yet another little-known chapter in the history of early African Americans in New England.
Black Portsmouth
$19.95
Written by local author Valerie Cunningham & Mark Sammons, Black Portsmouth guides the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and site-specific stories.
Ghana: An African Portrait Revisited
$40.00
A photographic odyssey of images by six local photographers who traveled to the West African nation of Ghana to document the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s independence. The six photographers with six points of view and six ways of working present a unique portrait of the country.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Artwork
$10.00
Prints of original artwork created by students attending MacIntosh College, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty signing.
HISTORY CARDS
$10.00 (per set)
A set of 12 collectible post cards from the New Hampshire Circle of Friends that provides information on the significant participation of African Americans in the history of New Hampshire.
PEACE SYMBOL CARDS
$2.50 (per set)
A set of 4 (5) post cards of African Peace Symbols celebrating signing of the Portsmouth Peace in 1905, ending the Russ o-Japanese war.
Seacoast African American Cultural Center • Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth NH 03801 • 603.430.6027