Black History - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Martha Minerva Franklin: Breaking Barriers for Black Nurses


  • Writer:
    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


  • Writer:
    Jesse Nasta

  • Town(s):
    Middletown

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    KAUDUVTH

Black History Resources


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Lemuel Haynes: America’s First Black Ordained Minister


  • Writer:
    Alex Gerrish

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

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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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Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author


  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook

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    366GKMA6

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


  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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


  • Writer:
    Elizabeth Correia

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Connecticut’s Black Governors


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The Fugitive and the Hero


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Laboring in the Shade


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Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses


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


  • Writer:
    Brenda Milkofsky

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29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment


  • Writer:
    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


  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

  • Zotero ID:
    ZIWHT526

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