Join the West Hartford community on June 14th to celebrate the 5th Annual CommUNITY Juneteenth Celebration located at West ...

African-Americans have had a long presence in Connecticut. At a Feb. 25 program at the Windsor Historical Society, Elizabeth Normen, publisher of the magazine “Connecticut Explored,” said she ...

She was 82-years-old and remained a slave until her death. African-Americans in Connecticut used to elect their own governors During colonial times, New England African Americans democratically ...

Each year, U.S. presidents proclaim February as National African-American History Month." Click through the slideshow to see the breakdown of black population in southwestern Connecticut's towns ...

As an African American, Queer woman I have worked through ... especially for communities of color in Connecticut, New York, and Florida. You deserve more than just a space to talk—you deserve ...

CT ranked 5th in children's health but ranked lower in other areas: 26th for economic well-being and 22nd for family and ...

It was the late 1970s, and he was 8 or 9 years old, the eighth in a family of 11 children from a poor and mostly African-American neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut. The shore of Long Island ...

Beginning in fall of 2022, Connecticut will require high schools to offer African-American, Black, Puerto Rican and Latino studies, becoming the first state in the nation to do so. Connecticut Gov.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Connecticut offers beautiful scenery, easy access to major New England cities, and even a higher population of retirees than ...