Black Portsmouth

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By John Walters on Monday, July 19, 2004.
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Black people have lived in Portsmouth for 300 years, but their story is almost entirely ignored by the standard history books. We?ll meet historic preservationists Valerie Cunningham and Mark Sammons. They recently collaborated on Black people have lived in Portsmouth for 300 years, but their story is almost entirely ignored by the standard history books. We?ll meet historic preservationists Valerie Cunningham and Mark Sammons. They recently collaborated on Black Portsmouth, a new history of the African-American community in the seacoast city.

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