Nearly Forgotten: Re-discovering a New Haven Activist, Engineer, and Entrepreneur

How can someone who was so important to a community in their own time be known by so few people today?

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Barbara McClintock, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist

How can one person’s determination make a difference in our community, state, and world?

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Amos Beman: Freeman, Freedom Fighter, and Agent of Change

How do people become agents of change within systems of oppression?

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William Lanson: New Haven Entrepreneur, Abolitionist, and Black Governor

In a land of opportunity, how have the successes of African Americans, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color challenged the status quo?

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A Petition for Freedom in 1779

How did laws and rules in the colonies both promote and hinder freedom and equality?

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No to Nazis in Connecticut: Resolving Conflict Through Informed Action

In what ways can a community in a democracy respond when faced with injustice?

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Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb: A Role Model in STEM and Higher Education

To what extent is it easier for women and people of color to enter the fields of STEM and higher education today than it was in the 1950s–1990s?

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From Freedom Seeker to American Success: James L. Smith in Norwich

To what extent was the North a “land of opportunity” for people of color in the early 1800s?

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Indigenous Students and Connecticut’s Mission Schools

How can we achieve a better understanding of the past in the absence of primary sources that represent the full picture?

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Making a Difference: Individuals in Connecticut History

What is the significance of Connecticut’s contribution to America’s story?

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William Grimes – Seeking Freedom in Connecticut

How can we find out about people and places in the past?

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A Connecticut Lawyer Stands for Human Rights

To what extent is the international community responsible for the protection of human rights?

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Connecticut Heroes of World War I

What is the significance of Connecticut’s contribution to America’s story?

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“Saved.” Theodate Pope and the Sinking of the Lusitania

To what extent has the United States succeeded in remaining neutral in times of war or global conflict?

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Letter from Charles F. Coughlin to his mother, November 16, 1917

Over There: A Connecticut Soldier in France

How do you measure the cost of war?

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The Amistad Incident and the Face of Slavery

What role did the Amistad incident play in the abolitionist movement in the United States?

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African Americans in Progressive-Era CT: The Battle Over the Jack Johnson Fight film

What does the battle over the Johnson-Jeffries fight film tell us about the social position of African Americans in Progressive-Era Connecticut?

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Recruitment poster for George Washington’s Continental Army

To Join, or Not to Join, George Washington’s Army

Why do people enlist in the military?

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Accused: 17th-Century Witch Trials

What factors led to the 17th-century witchcraft trials in Connecticut?

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Caleb Brewster & The Culper Ring

In what ways did “ordinary” Americans contribute to the American Revolution?

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The Black Law in Connecticut

What is social justice?

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New London’s Role in American Independence

What was Connecticut’s role in the American Revolution?

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Venture Smith: From Slavery to Connecticut Businessman

How can a former slave prosper in a colony where slavery is legal?

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Nancy Toney

Abolition and African Americans in Connecticut

In what way did the abolition of slavery indicate progress, or decline, for the lives of African Americans?

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