All posts tagged "1970s"
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21.3K2ConnecticutNew England’s Forgotten Puerto Rican Riots
From 1967 to 1979, Puerto Rican riots broke out in New England cities from Waterbury, Conn., to Worcester, Mass. Outsiders didn’t understand...
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26.5K2MaineHelen Nearing Writes an Anti-Cookbook
Helen Nearing, a founder of the modern back-to-the-land movement, believed there were more important and interesting things to do than to cook....
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22.3K7Arts and LeisureA Star Is Born in Boston: Jon Landau Shows Bruce Springsteen the Future
Bruce Springsteen was about to get dropped by his record company when Jon Landau, a 27-year-old music critic for Boston’s Real Paper, wrote...
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17.1K9ConnecticutAvoiding Armageddon: How the 1970 Riots in New Haven Never Happened
Everyone thought riots in New Haven would break out on May 1, 1970. But they didn’t. The reasons include unorthodox policing, black...
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23.3K19Business and LaborThe Glory Days of the Berlin Turnpike
In the early 1950s, the king of Connecticut’s roads was the Berlin Turnpike, lined with colorful kitschy roadside architecture. It was the main...
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20.3K6Arts and LeisureAl Capp Meets John and Yoko (And It Doesn’t Go Well)
Al Capp earned legions of fans for his bitingly satirical cartoon strip Li’l Abner. President Richard Nixon and Queen Elizabeth admired his...
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