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Tag: discrimination

Connecticut’s Jim Crow Law

A dozen farmworkers entered Windsor Town Hall, quietly following Erwyn Glanz, the local constable who had given them a ride. … More

discrimination, Puerto Rico

Hartford Sex Trade: Prostitutes and Politics

Ann Dunn and Caroline McElroy were unceremoniously escorted to the police station where they were charged with prostitution. The arrest … More

discrimination, hartford, women, womens history

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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