Our president, Jeanne Larcombe, calls the meeting to order

Library Director Sue Burton accepts $7,000 contribution from the Friends.

An appreciative audience listens to the authors.

Guest co-author, Mae Breckenridge Haywood, introduces her book on Portsmouth, Virginia, in the Black America Series

Guest co-author, Dr. Cassandra Newby Alexander, answers questions from the group.

Members of the African American Historical Society of Portsmouth

Friends prepare a special buffet.