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Black History Now – Waves of Strength Exhibition

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Waves of Strength Portraits of African American Shipyard Workers from Tidewater Virginia  In the summer of 2014, photographer artist Glen McClure began his project of documenting the proud men and women who work to support a massive industry that defines South Hampton Roads, Virginia.  This exhibition highlights the African Americans included in that series, with […]

$3.00

Black History Now Lecture: Urban Slavery and the Construction of Dry Dock No. 1 at the Gosport Shipyard, Revisited

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Speaker: Dr. Linda Upham-Bornstein, Plymouth State University Dr. Upham-Bornstein’s lecture examines the use of urban enslaved labor in the construction of Dry Dock No. 1 at the Gosport Shipyard in the 1830s. Dry Dock No. 1 was constructed in the early 1830s and became the first operational dry dock in the Western Hemisphere. Without the […]

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Black History Now – A Purple Patchwork Sewn in Sisterhood

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

A Purple Patchwork Sewn in Sisterhood The Hampton Road’s based 54-40 African American Quilters Guild of Virginia reflects on The Color Purple through their creation of quilts in this exhibition […]

$3.00