Black history

Wanda Schell posing as Elleanor Eldridge

“No Man Ever Would Have Been Treated So”

Wanda Schell stars in this one-woman play about Elleanor Eldridge, a nineteenth century Black Rhode Islander and memoirist who sued to regain her stolen property.

Lauren Clem,

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Stages of Freedom Celebrates Rhode Island's Local Black History

The Westminster Street gallery shares the often untold stories of Rhode Island's African American community.

Lauren Clem,

Five children pose for a photograph in Gilded Age-era clothing.

Catch a Glimpse Into Newport's Past at the "Gilded Age Newport in Color" Exhibit

The new exhibit opening at Rosecliff shares the history of Newport's African heritage families in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Lauren Clem,