In this program, the Connecticut Museum of Culture & History will take you on a tour of items from their collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT.
- You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer, Ann Petry, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook.
- Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa.
- Browse through the photo album of a Hollywood actress who became a champion of labor rights for black entertainers.
- Marvel at the gorgeous costumes created by CT’s West Indian community for their annual MAS celebration, and see artifacts documenting the Civil Rights movement in our state.