Charles L. Roberts delivers a powerful address at the UN on the need to confront gender inequality as a barrier to Africa’s progress and development.
Newport-based RISHM is among the nonprofits that will share nearly $130,000 in grants from the Black Philanthropy Bannister Fund.
Community members and students gathered at Rogers High School for the 53rd annual Black History Month Assembly on Feb. 16.
Rhode Island Slave History Medallions invites the community to a special Juneteenth Semiquincentennial Living History Celebration at Fort Adams State Park in Newport.
Held on the parade grounds inside the fort, this family-friendly event will commemorate Juneteenth while also honoring the anniversary of the Revolutionary War and the history of the Battle of Rhode Island.
We invite all visitors to learn more about RISHM’s events and accomplishments in 2025 and support our Annual Campaign, from Giving Tuesday (Dec. 2, 2025) through 401 Gives Day (April 1, 2026).
RISHM relies on the generous support of private donations to continue the underrepresented but important work of marking the landscape of where slave history happened in Rhode Island.
