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Gloria J. Timmons, left, of Nashua, with NH State Rep. Linda Gathright, during an inaugural Nashua Celebrates Black History Month event held at the Arlington Street Community Center in February 2019. Photo/Shannon Burstein.
When Gloria Timmons first moved from Connecticut to New Hampshire three decades ago, seeing a face that looked like hers felt like an event.
“In 1990, I used to run across the street if I saw another Black person and say, ‘Hi, my name is Gloria Timmons, how long have you been here, where’d you come from?’ and that sort of thing,” she recalled.