by Theresa Guzmán Stokes | Jul 23, 2014 | In the News
On Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 11am as part of the City of Newport’s 375th Anniversary Celebration, members of the African Alliance of Rhode Island will come together to oversee a ceremony to recognize and celebrate the thousands of persons of West African heritage...
by Theresa Guzmán Stokes | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
1696 Heritage Group is happy to announce that we have received a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities for our fall program Gilded Age Newport in Color. This program is hosted by the Preservation Society of Newport County and will be held at...
by Theresa Guzmán Stokes | Dec 20, 2013 | Religion, Women
‘Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there’s a God, that there’s a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, “Their colour is a diabolic...
