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Tag: civil rights

Roberto Clemente, ¡Presente!

Why would a baseball star who died more than forty years ago have such a great impact on Hartford people? … More

baseball, civil rights, Puerto Rican

Ralph Allen: “He have more than courage”

As 3,000 people left Connecticut by car, bus, and train to join the historic March on Washington, Hartford college student … More

african american, black workers, civil rights, hartford, local heroes, SNCC

Playing ’til Sundown

Mahlon “Duck” Duckett and John “Mule” Miles returned to Hartford in 2007. Duck and Mule are surviving members of a … More

baseball, civil rights, connecticut, discrimination, hartford, radical history, shoeleather history

Two, Three, Many Rosa Parks

In 1955, Rosa Parks was removed from a city bus by a Montgomery, Alabama police officer. Her arrest sparked a … More

civil rights, discrimination, local heroes, mansfield tilly, ralph allen, rosa parks, SNCC, warren stewart

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