An accessible, softcover volume which takes up the unfinished conversation about what it is to be a descendent member of the Black Community in Newport, RI, and beyond, today.
The Newport Center for Black History is housed in the city's oldest documented home at the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House (ca. 1697). The title, Echoes from the Attic, comes from the discovery of a nkisi, a spirit bundle found under the floorboards of the house during its restoration; this bundle is the springboard for this new publication which features contributions from scholars, and from members of the Descendent Community in Newport. Moving beyond the the Gilded Age and stories of Black wealth and enterprise, there are also stories of slavery, of resistance--Newport was a haven for those escaping enslavement on the Underground Railroad--and of regeneration and persistence. Tere are everyday stories of family and community, love and beauty, and stories yet to be told.
Publication in June 2026 marks the opening of the Newport Center for Black History, the Juneteenth Holiday, and the 2026 Newport Rec Reunion.
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978-1-917273-24-4 (9781917273244)
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Akeia de Barros Gomes is director, Newport Center for Black History, The Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, Newport, RI.
Rebecca Bertrand is executive director, Newport Historical Society, RI.
Kaela Bleho is collections and digital access manager, Newport Historical Society, RI.
Barrymore Anthony Bogues is director of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University.
Zoe Hume is a doctoral candidate in the Museum Education and Visitor- Centered Curation program at Florida State University.
Victoria Johnson is co-founder and chair of the Newport Middle Passage Port Marker Project.
