Connecticut In Color

Rep. Terri Sewell, the first Black woman elected to Alabama’s congressional delegation, reminds herself daily that her personal success is not her birthright; rather, that it was made possible only as a result of the blood, sweat and tears poured out by the women, men and children who came before her.

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, talks about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan that killed four young girls, and how they were finally recognized for their sacrifice fifty years later.

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, talks about the figures and events of the Civil Rights era that have become the foundation for Black success in the United States, including her own as the first Black Congresswoman for Alabama.

A digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin is opening Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday

Jay Williams is the President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

Purnell Steen, an accomplished jazz musician and civil rights activist, talks about the struggles Black musicians faced at the dawn of the civil rights era.

Purnell Steen, a classical jazz pianist who struggled against bias against Black musicians as a student, recalls the moment that made him decide to return to music.

Purnell Steen talks about the bias Black students faced in the 1960s trying to pursue classical music and how they continue to be discriminated against in all other aspects of their education at the dawn of the civil rights era.

Over the last 100 years, there have been Black filmmakers paving the way for a more inclusive and diverse industry.

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Elizabeth Williams, a former Philadelphia nurse and hospital superintendent, talks about fighting for acceptance as a Black medical professional in the medical system and how discrimination followed her career from hospital to hospital.

Elizabeth Williams recalls fighting through bias as a Black nurse in Philadelphia throughout the early 60s.

Elizabeth Williams, a Black nurse who had worked her way up to hospital superintendent despite overwhelming racial bias, talks about working through that bias as a young Black student going into nursing in 1930s Philadelphia.