Category: Student Work

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    Remembering Flora

    By Ella Montalvo, Class of 2022, Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School It is scary to imagine that these people suffered on the very grass we walk on in our town […]

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    Remembering Cuff

    By Teagan Connellan, Class of 2022, Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School No birth records. No death records. No marriage records. No working records. Someone who wasn’t even seen as a […]

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    Witness Stones Project Reflection

    By Daven Kaphar, Class of 2022, The Foote School I enjoyed the Witness Stones Project. I learned so much more about slavery in early America, but I found the story […]

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    Witness Stones Project Reflection

    By Gus Witt, Class of 2022, The Foote School This Witness Stones project was the most challenging and intriguing academic work I have ever done. I knew a bit about […]

  • Witness Stones Project Students Take History to the Street

    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 […]

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    West Hartford to Rename Street in Honor of Two Enslaved Women

    By Deidre Montague in the Hartford Courant on May 19, 2022 WEST HARTFORD — The West Hartford Town Council unanimously agreed to change the name of a city street this […]

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    West Hartford Will Name Street After 2 Enslaved Women

    By Gabby DeBenedictis on Patch.com on May 19, 2022 WEST HARTFORD, CT — The West Hartford town council voted unanimously to rename New Street in Blue Back Square “Dinah Road,” […]

  • Dinah Road: New Name for New Street Approved by West Hartford Town Council

    Dinah Road: New Name for New Street Approved by West Hartford Town Council

    By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on May 16, 2022 A campaign by the Mayor’s Youth Council to rename a West Hartford roadway in honor of two women who were once […]

  • Caesar Stevenson

    Caesar Stevenson

    With the generous support of the Connecticut Valley Education Foundation, the students of Frank Ward Strong Middle School created a presentation on  their work with the Witness Stones Project.