Black History Month

From shoes and T-shirts to dolls and tote bags, more companies and brands are getting into the business of Black History Month but trying not to leave the impression that African American consumers are important just once a year, according to NBC News.

Middltetown’s Common Council is celebrating its diversity. Its goals for 2020 are to give a voice to an underrepresented population and make policy changes to bring a great equality to the city.

New Haven is home to one of the world’s oldest African-American churches.

In an interview with NBC 5’s Laura Harris on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, actress Taraji P. Henson talks about Black History Month and says her favorite role has been Katherine Johnson, in “Hidden Figures,” because, “it’s had the most amazing, positive impact on our community and girls in general.”

In 1839, 53 enslaved Africans who were brought to America on board the Amistad, fought for their freedom in Connecticut.

Dozens of sites across Connecticut are part of the Freedom Trail, communities that helped and welcomed slaves who escaped from the south.

A woman who helped found the Norwich branch of the NAACP worked through her life to bring equality for African-Americans in Connecticut.

Trinity College president, Dr. Joanne Berger-Sweeney hopes to have a stronger and more diverse student body to bring more students from every walk of life into the fields of tech and science.

Bellen Woodard was in third grade when she came home with a question. “My friends, they always called the peach crayon the skin-colored crayon,” she recalled. Why? She handed over the crayon but it made her feel “weird.” Her mom suggested that next time she hand over the brown crayon, “because our skin color’s brown.” Bellen had another idea....

Many say the point of the event was to make people uncomfortable and bring about change.

Tmara Lanier has sued Harvard in an attempt to reclaim photos of her ancestors as slaves.