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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. – A group of Connecticut newspapers detailing African-American life in the Northeast during World War II now has a more modern readership. The weeklies were recently added to the ...