Clik here to view.
Sheff v. O’Neill Complaint of 1989: Striving for Educational Equality
Bianca Brenz Under the Connecticut Constitution and Connecticut Statutes, all school-aged children in Connecticut are entitled to equal educational opportunities no matter their race, ethnicity, or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Effect of “Redlining” on the Hartford Metropolitan Region
(Source: Education/Instruccion, “Fair Housing At Its Worst”) The contemporary racial isolation in the Hartford metropolitan region, similarly to metro areas across the country, undoubtedly stems from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zoning
Zoning: Emancipative or Restrictive? In the early 1900s, leaders of West Hartford sought to implement zoning restrictions. West Hartford was a farming town with nearly as many cows as people and was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965...
Simon Bernstein circa 1965, the year of the Connecticut Constitutional Convention. SOURCE: Christopher Collier. Hartford lawyer and Democratic delegate Simon Bernstein stuck out from his political...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Debate Over Who Could Occupy World War II Public Housing in West Hartford
In 1943, a dispute erupted between white West Hartford whites and federal housing officials over whether or not African Americans should be allowed to live in the World War II public housing tract...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Struggle for Educational Equity During the 1970s: Lumpkin v. Dempsey
Screenshot of Filed Complaint by Plaintiffs on February 20, 1970; Courtesy of: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Sixteen years after the 1954 Brown v. Board of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
World War II and the 1944 Urban League Report
From 1941 to 1945, the involvement of the United States in World War II caused major shifts in all parts of the country, particularly in the Northeast. During the war, industries in the United States...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Behalf of All Our Children: The 1996 Sheff v. O’Neill Supreme Court Ruling
Front page of the Hartford Courant highlighting the landmark case, Sheff v. O’Neill on July 10, 1996. On Behalf of All Our Children: The 1996 Sheff v. O’Neill Supreme Court Ruling The landmark court...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Education/Instruccion
Agosto, Jasmin. “Fighting Segregation, Teaching Multiculturalism: The Beginning of the Education/Instruccion Narrative of the 1970s Hartford Civil Rights Movement”. Educational Studies Senior...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samuel Cullers Housing Discrimination Case, 1954-1957
Samuel J. Cullers (right) and Corneal A. Davis, Hartford Redevelopment Project Model. Connecticut History Online In 1954 and 1955 the principal planner for the Hartford Redevelopment Agency applied...
View Article
