Jeremy Brecher

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Public History: Connecticut

From 1989 to 2001 I served as Humanities Scholar-in-Residence at Connecticut Public Television and Radio, a position supported by the Connecticut Humanities Council.  I wrote the scripts for the documentaries The Roots of Roe, Schools in Black and White, Rust Valley, The Amistad Revolt, Electronic Road Film, Brass City Music, and Dance on the Wind, the last two of which I co-produced.

As Humanities Scholar-in-Residence I developed and supervised the documentary series The Connecticut Experience, produced by the Connecticut Humanities Council in collaboration with Connecticut Public Television. The series included more than twenty documentaries on Connecticut topics, of those the following sixteen have been digitized:

Between Boston and New York, 1992 Puerto Rican Passages, 1995 Colt: Legend and Legacy, 1997
From Here to There, 1998 African Americans in Connecticut: The Colonial Era to The Civil War, 1998 African American in Connecticut: The Civil War to Civil Rights, 1998
Schools Good Enough for All, 2000 Connecticut and the Sea, 2000 The Green, 2001
As We Tell Our Stories: Native Americans in Connecticut, 2001 Home Front: Connecticut During WWII, 2001 Connecticut’s Tobacco Valley, 2001
Connecticut and Its Cities: Challenge of Renewal, Part I, 2002 Connecticut and Its Cities: Challenge of Renewal, Part II, 2002
East of the River, 2004 The Rise and Fall of Newgate Prison, 2004

Not yet digitized titles include:

  • SCHOOLS IN BLACK AND WHITE, 1991 documentary on segregation in Connecticut public schools.
  • THE ROOTS OF ROE, 1994 documentary history of contraception and abortion, broadcast nationally by PBS in 1997.
  • THE AMISTAD REVOLT, 1995 documentary on the “Amistad incident.”

I was also producer, writer, and host of Connecticut Public Radio’s Remembering Connecticut, which broadcast more than 80 radio programs on a wide variety of Connecticut history topics.

 

ABOUT JEREMY BRECHER

11You and I may not know each other, but I suspect there are some problems that we share -- problems like climate change, war, and injustice. For half a century I have been participating in and writing about social movements that address those problems. The purpose of this website is to share what I've learned. I hope it provides something of use to you in addressing our common problems.

For the record, I am the author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements. I have written and/or produced more than twenty video documentaries. I have participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace in Vietnam, international labor rights, global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate protection, and many others.

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