September 12, 1994 Draft text for a half-hour educational documentary sponsored by the Amistad Committee, Inc [Opening location: possibly a 19th century sailing ship on Long Island Sound or the Amistad monument in New Haven. The narrator may tell the story to a group of New Haven school children.] Narrator: This is the story… Read More »
CONNECTICUT Q & A: JEREMY BRECHER: The History of ‘Everyday People’
April 15, 1990 By Andi Rierden Jeremy Brecher is working to fill in some large gaps of Connecticut history. For 10 years now, the social historian has traveled across the state collecting oral histories from people who rarely appear in history books, including local ethnic pioneers and former labor union organizers. As the… Read More »