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Martha Minerva Franklin: Breaking Barriers for Black Nurses

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Meriden, New Haven, New Milford

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Sarah Harris Fayerweather

  • Writer:
    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Canterbury, New London

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Middletown’s Beman Triangle: A Testament to Black Freedom and Resilience

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    Jesse Nasta

  • Town(s):
    Middletown

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Black Loyalist Refugees: Toney Escapes During the Burning of Fairfield

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The Trailblazing Bessye Bennett

Actress Gwen Reed Best Remembered for Dedication to Childhood Literacy

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Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds

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James Lindsey Smith Takes the Underground Railroad to Connecticut

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Sarah Boone: First Connecticut Black Woman to Receive Patent

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Charles Ethan Porter, Portrait of a 19th-Century African American Painter

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Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment

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Black History Resources

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Dr. King’s Dream Had Roots in Connecticut

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Lemuel Haynes: America’s First Black Ordained Minister

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    Alex Gerrish

  • Town(s):
    Bloomingfield, Torrington, West Hartford

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Africans in Search of the American Dream: Cape Verdean Whalers and Sealers

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Colonel Ruth A. Lucas: Literary Advocate

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Laura Wheeler Waring: Renowned African American Portrait Artist and Educator

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Helen James Chisholm: A Hartford Teacher in Hawaii

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Constance Baker Motley: A Warrior for Justice

  • Writer:
    Andy Piascik

  • Town(s):
    Chester, New Haven

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The Amistad

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Connecticut’s First Known Juneteenth Celebration in Norwich – Who Knew?

Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author

  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook

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The Black Panther Party in Connecticut: Community Survival Programs

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Marian Anderson’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement

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George Griffin: “Devoted Friend” to Samuel Clemens

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Miss James, First Woman Pharmacist in CT Right in Old Saybrook

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“U.S. Troops in Viet Nam, but none in Selma” – Today in History: March 9

Mary Townsend Seymour: Hartford’s Organizer, Activist, and Suffragist

  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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James Mars’ Words Illuminate the Cruelty of Slavery in New England

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A Different Look at the Amistad Trial: The Teenager Who Helped Save the Mende Captives

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Marietta Canty House

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The Lives of Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus Told Through their Loving Letters

  • Writer:
    Elizabeth Correia

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Edward Alexander Bouchet: The First African American to Earn a PhD from an American University

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“Free Bobby, Free Ericka”: The New Haven Black Panther Trials

Four Saints in Three Acts Debuts – Today in History: February 7

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New Britain Plays Part in the Underground Railroad

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Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey

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From the State Historian: Connecticut’s Slow Steps Toward Emancipation

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Danbury Hangings: The Executions of Anthony and Amos

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Site Lines: Connecticut’s Freedom Trail

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The Rise of the Black Panther Party in Connecticut

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Serving Up Justice: Hartford’s Black Workers Organize

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The Rev. Amos Beman’s Devotion to Education, Social Activism, and New Haven

  • Writer:
    Elizabeth Correia

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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“’No Taxation without Representation’: Black Voting in Connecticut

Danbury Baseball History Covers All the Bases

Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution

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Swinging for the Fences: Connecticut’s Black Baseball Greats

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The 29th Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

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Connecticut’s Black Governors

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Jackson v. Bulloch and the End of Slavery in Connecticut

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Remembering Fredi Washington: Actress, Activist, and Journalist

Malcolm X in Hartford: “Our Mission is Not Violence but Freedom”

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Hartford’s Great Migration through Charles S. Johnson’s Eyes

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Site Lines: Fortresses of Faith, Agents of Change

The Fugitive and the Hero

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The Language of the Unheard: Racial Unrest in 20th-Century Hartford

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Augustus Washington (1820 – 1875): African American Daguerreotypist

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Laboring in the Shade

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The Successes and Struggles of New Haven Entrepreneur William Lanson

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Reverend James Pennington: A Voice for Freedom

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Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses

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“An Admirable Portrait” of Frederick Douglass

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A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army

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Anna Louise James Makes History with Medicine

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James Williams, More than Trinity College’s Janitor

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Connecticut and the West Indies: Sugar Spurs Trans-Atlantic Trade

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    Brenda Milkofsky

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Ellis Ruley: Art that Celebrated Life

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Hartford’s Louis Peterson, Groundbreaking African American Playwright

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Hartford’s Les Payne, Trailblazing Journalist

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Early Civil Rights and Cultural Pioneers: The Easton Family

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Academy Graduates First African American Student – Today in History: June 8

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Andover Lake: A Lesson in Social Change

Changing Sentiments on Slavery in Colonial Hebron

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How Real Estate Practices Influenced the Hartford Region’s Demographic Makeup

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Nancy Toney’s Lifetime in Slavery

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Hartford Publishes the First Literary Work by an African American – Who Knew?

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A Woman Who Developed Tolerance: Leila T. Alexander

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29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment

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    Todd Jones

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Selma, Not So Far Away

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Connecticut 29th Mustered into Service – Today in History: March 8

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    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Early Anti-slavery Advocates in 18th-century Connecticut

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Venture Smith, from Slavery to Freedom

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Gradual Emancipation Reflected the Struggle of Some to Envision Black Freedom

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Capital Community College Students Explore Hartford’s Immigrant History…In Their Own Words

The Fight Over Slavery Reaches Torrington

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