Highlights from Oral History Project: Black Elders of the Seacoast Get Your Black Heritage Guide HERE This project was inspired by a fear of losing another generation's accounts of life in the region as experienced by African-Americans. The intention was not to write definitive autobiographies but simply to capture some of the memories and images of people who had lived in the region since before WWII. What emerged was a collection of stories reflecting their very different personal experiences and points of view. Interviews were completed between September 1990 and December 1991. Some of the photo sessions were done a little later, one earlier. Five of the fourteen interviews are represented here. Photographer: Kelvin Edwards Interviewer: Valerie Cunningham Valerie Cunningham African American Resource Center PO Box 5094 Portsmouth, NH 03801-5094 Voice 603-431-2768 / FAX 603-862-0650 Hazel Sinclair "I have no regrets." Frances Tilley Satchell "My grandmother was a slave in Virginia." Doris Moore "I was in the first WAC unit to go overseas." Henry Pettiford "I'd never seen such a lonesome place." Rosary Cooper "I got to be a first mate's crane operator on the 20 ton crane." ©1997-2000 Valerie Cunningham. All rights reserved. Photo by Kelvin Edwards Produced and hosted by SeacoastNH.com. [ HOME | HISTORY | ARTS | TOURING | BUSINESS | SEARCH ] [ New | Site Map | Talk | Store | Sponsors ] [ Black History Home | Articles List | Theme Sites Home ] PO Box 4458 Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03802 URL: http://www.SeacoastNH.com Voice: 603-427-2020 Email: info@SeacoastNH.com