A First Amendment Lesson: Weaver High Students Teach Their Elders
May 3, 2018
In the 1960s, Hartford high school students published a controversial newspaper that sparked debates about freedom of speech and freedom of the press. …[more]
Connecticut History Day 2017
World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery
April 6, 2018
Although his time as a Connecticut resident was short, this aviator left his mark on Wallingford and a generation fighter pilots. …[more]
Categories: Connecticut History Day 2017, Emergence of Modern America, Wallingford, War and Defense, World War I
Connecticut and the Comstock Law
March 28, 2018
The federal Comstock Law of 1873 made it illegal to sell or distribute materials that promoted contraception or abortion, to... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Catherine Roraback, Connecticut History Day 2017, Health and Medicine, Law, P.T. Barnum, Politics and Government, The Industrial United States, Women
Henry Barnard Advances State and National Education Initiatives
January 26, 2018
This 19th-century reformer sought to promote harmonious social and civic behavior by revamping the US school system. …[more]
Categories: Connecticut History Day 2017, Education, Expansion and Reform, Hartford, Henry Barnard
A Godmother to Ravensbrück Survivors
December 26, 2017
Philanthropist Caroline Ferriday aided women whose internment at a German concentration camp during WWII left them scarred, physically as well as psychologically. …[more]
Categories: Bethlehem, Connecticut History Day 2017, Great Depression and World War II, Women, World War II
Southbury Takes On the Nazis
December 13, 2017
In the late 1930s, in an attempt to avoid a second world war, countries around the globe worked to curb... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Connecticut History Day 2017, Great Depression and World War II, Politics and Government, Southbury, Surprise, World War II
Connecticut Lawyer Prosecutes Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg
November 9, 2017
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Thomas Joseph Dodd, a Norwich-born lawyer from Connecticut, served on the United... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Connecticut History Day 2017, Crime and Punishment, Great Depression and World War II, Law, War and Defense, World War II
Roger Griswold: A Governor Not Afraid To Challenge Authority
October 25, 2017
Roger Griswold was a lawyer, judge, and politician who spent the better part of his life in service to Connecticut.... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Connecticut History Day 2017, Lyme, Politics and Government, War of 1812, Work
The Rise of the Black Panther Party in Connecticut
September 18, 2017
As they did nationally, the Black Panther Party in Connecticut fought for an end to discriminatory legal and regulatory practices, often clashing with authorities to achieve their goals. …[more]
Categories: Bridgeport, Connecticut History Day 2017, Hartford, New Haven, Postwar United States, Social Movements, Stamford, Voluntown, Waterbury
The Amistad
August 24, 2017
After slaves revolted and took control of the Amistad in 1839, Americans captured the ship off Long Island and imprisoned the slaves in New Haven. A US Supreme Court trial in which Roger Sherman Baldwin and John Quincy Adams defended the slaves, ultimately won them their freedom. …[more]
