All posts tagged "Bridgeport"
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6.4K1Business and LaborNot Just From the South: the Great Black Migration to New England
In the early part of the 20th century, entire church congregations from Americus, Ga., moved to Hartford during the great black migration...
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3.7KArts and LeisureRosalind Russell Narrowly Escapes Waterbury
Rosalind Russell’s long career as a soignee actress with a flair for comedy almost came to an end in 1955, when she...
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15.0K4Arts and LeisureHow the Jewish Immigrants Came to New England
It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
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37.9KBusiness and LaborThe Working Man’s Friend Who Busted the Hartford Newsies Strike
The New York-based strike, immortalized in the Disney film Newsies, succeeded in 1899. The Hartford newsies strike 10 years later did not...
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5.4KConnecticutBridgeport Elects a Socialist Mayor Again and Again and Again
Bridgeport, Conn., elected for 24 years a socialist mayor named Jasper McLevy, beloved in the city despite his friendship with a notorious...
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10.0K5ConnecticutThe Rise and Fall of the Connecticut Borough
For over 200 years Connecticut has had a somewhat unique type of local government – a borough, of which nine currently survive....
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