Category: In The Media
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Witness Stone Project Remembers Forgotten Connecticut Slaves
By Amber Diaz on NBC Connecticut on June 15, 2022 The Witness Stones Project is a K-12 educational initiative started in Connecticut. Its mission is to “restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved people who helped build our communities.” As a former eighth grade history teacher with a passion for the past, Dennis Culliton understands each story…
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Witness Stones Project Students Take History to the Street
Through a project a year in the making, West Hartford will renamed a road in Blue Back Square to honor a mother and daughter who were held as slaves in town in the 18th century.
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Wallingford Slavery Project Reveals ‘History That Affects Us Today’
By Devin Leith-Yessian in the Record-Journal on May 12, 2022 WALLINGFORD — The descendants of a man who was enslaved on a Virginia plantation before coming to Wallingford with Union soldiers are reconnecting with their family’s history with the help of local researchers working on the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust’s “Enslaved Wallingford” project. Meriden resident…
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Witness Stones Project Receives Two Grants from CT Humanities
In the Guilford Courier on March 24, 2022 Connecticut Humanities, the statewide nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded the Witness Stones Project, Inc., a $7,800 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant and a $10,000 SHARP Capacity Grant. The mission of the Witness Stones Project (WSP) is to restore the history and honor…
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History Detectives: Lifelong Friends Bring Black History to Life in the Sourlands
News12 reported on the work of Elaine Buck & Beverly Mills at Witness Stones Project Affiliate the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum. We invite you to watch the coverage here.
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The MLK Mural Part I: Bristow and Freedom
By Witness Stones West Hartford Co-Chair Dr. Tracey Wilson in We-Ha.com on February 14, 2022 Journalist Yamiche Alcindor, speaking at the University of Hartford on Feb. 8, 2022, said that “Freedom is never won, it is always earned. … Each generation must fight for it to build the beloved community.” The 2,200 square foot Martin…
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Greenwich’s “Forgotten” Enslaved Population: Witness Stones Project Seeks to Tell Their Stories
by Robert Marchant on February 12, 2022 in the Greenwich Time GREENWICH — Few markers of slavery exist in southern Connecticut, reminders of a time when men and women were bought and sold like property or livestock. Two of them stand at Union Cemetery in Greenwich — the headstones of Hester Mead and her mother Candice…
