Resources
Town Documents
Plan of Conservation and Development, 2014 update -- https://www.newtown-ct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3546/f/uploads/2014pocdfullversionintegrated.pdf
Protected Open Space -- http://cteco.uconn.edu/maps/town/ProtOpenSpace/ProtOpenSpace_Newtown.pdf
Plan of Conservation and Development, 2014 update -- https://www.newtown-ct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3546/f/uploads/2014pocdfullversionintegrated.pdf
Protected Open Space -- http://cteco.uconn.edu/maps/town/ProtOpenSpace/ProtOpenSpace_Newtown.pdf
Websites
African Americans in Connecticut - The Colonial Era to The Civil War 1998 video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQSz2t1ChKw
African Americans in Connecticut - The Civil War to CIvil Rights 1998 video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XiI54nh9M&t=36s
Black History Month Resources - https://connecticuthistory.org/black-history-month-resources/
Connecticut State Library archive finding aids - https://ctstatelibrary.org/archives-finding-aids/
Racial Equity Tools -- https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/Racial_Equity_Resource_Guide.pdfwww.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/Racial_Equity_Resource_Guide.pdf
African Americans in Connecticut - The Colonial Era to The Civil War 1998 video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQSz2t1ChKw
African Americans in Connecticut - The Civil War to CIvil Rights 1998 video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XiI54nh9M&t=36s
Black History Month Resources - https://connecticuthistory.org/black-history-month-resources/
Connecticut State Library archive finding aids - https://ctstatelibrary.org/archives-finding-aids/
Racial Equity Tools -- https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/Racial_Equity_Resource_Guide.pdfwww.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/Racial_Equity_Resource_Guide.pdf
Articles
The Propaganda of History, excerpt from Black Reconstruction in America by WEB DuBois -- https://socialism.com/drupal-6.8/sites/all/pdf/class/Du%20Bois-Black%20Reconstruction%20in%20America.PDF
Charles, Eleanor, If You're Thinking of Living in/Newtown; Big Town With a Small-Town Ambiance, New York Times, 1994 - https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/02/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-newtown-big-town-with-a-small-town-ambiance.html
Campbell, Susan, The Power and Pain of Zoning Regulations in Connecticut, Connecticut Public Radio, December 14, 2015, https://www.wnpr.org/post/power-and-pain-zoning-regulations-connecticut
Putterman, Alex, West Hartford is mostly white, while Bloomfield is largely Black. How that came to be tells the story of racism and segregation in American suburbs, Hartford Courant, February 19, 2021.
Rothwell, Jonathan, Housing Costs, Zoning, and School Access, April 16, 2012, The Brookings Institute, www.brookings.edu/interactives/interactive-housing-costs-zoning-and-school-access/
State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, State of Connecticut Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Update, 2006, http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:719389832
The Propaganda of History, excerpt from Black Reconstruction in America by WEB DuBois -- https://socialism.com/drupal-6.8/sites/all/pdf/class/Du%20Bois-Black%20Reconstruction%20in%20America.PDF
Charles, Eleanor, If You're Thinking of Living in/Newtown; Big Town With a Small-Town Ambiance, New York Times, 1994 - https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/02/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-newtown-big-town-with-a-small-town-ambiance.html
Campbell, Susan, The Power and Pain of Zoning Regulations in Connecticut, Connecticut Public Radio, December 14, 2015, https://www.wnpr.org/post/power-and-pain-zoning-regulations-connecticut
Putterman, Alex, West Hartford is mostly white, while Bloomfield is largely Black. How that came to be tells the story of racism and segregation in American suburbs, Hartford Courant, February 19, 2021.
Rothwell, Jonathan, Housing Costs, Zoning, and School Access, April 16, 2012, The Brookings Institute, www.brookings.edu/interactives/interactive-housing-costs-zoning-and-school-access/
State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, State of Connecticut Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Update, 2006, http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:719389832
Newtown Books
Bigham, Barbara, Lydem, Emi and Williams, Gordon. Newtown Congregational Church : 1964-2014, the past fifty years, Newtown Congregational Church, 2014.
Boyle, John Neville, Newtown: 1708-1758 ; historical notes and maps, Bee Publishing Co, 1945.
Cruson, Daniel, A mosaic of Newtown history, Newtown Historical Society, 2005.
Cruson, Daniel, Newtown's slaves : a case study in early Connecticut rural black history, Newtown, Conn. : Newtown Historical Society, 1994. (file of book attached at bottom of this page)
Cruson, Daniel, Newtown, Acadia Publishing, 1997.
Cruson, Daniel, Newtown 1900 - 1960, Acadia Publishing, 2002.
Cruson, Daniel, The Cyrenius H. Booth Library & earlier reading institutions : a history, Newtown, Conn. : Cyrenius H. Booth Library and Friends of the C.H. Booth Library, 2007.
Cruson, Daniel, The Newtown savings bank : one hundred fifty years of service, Newtown, Conn. : Newtown Savings Bank, 2005.
Cruson, Daniel, Educating Newtown's children : a history of its schools, Newtown Historical Society, 2000.
Cruson, Daniel, The slaves of central Fairfield County : the journey from slave to freeman in nineteenth-century Connecticut, History Press, 2007.
Gardner, Robert W, Anglicans to Americans: Trinity Episcopal Church, Newtown, Connecticut, 1732-1982, Walker & Company, 1982.
George, James Hardin, Smith, Allison Parish, and Johnson, Ezra Levan (eds.), Newtown's bicentennial : an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the purchase from the Indians of the land of the town of Newtown, Connecticut, held August fifth, nineteen hundred and five, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1906.
Johnson, Ezra Levan, Newtown's History and Historian, Ezra Levan Johnson, Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2017.
League of Women Voters of Newtown, Newtown, past and present, 1975.
Lucas, Mary R., Newtown Congregational Church : 250th anniversary year, 1714-1964, Newtown Congregational Church, 1964.
Mitchell, Mary and Goodrich, Albert, Touring Newtown's past : the settlement and architecture of an old Connecticut town, Newtown Historical Society, 1996.
Newtown Congregational Church, 1714-1914; the story of two centuries, with an account of the celebration of the bicentenary of the Congregational Church of Newtown, Connecticut, October 18, 19 and 20, 1914, Tuttle, 1914.
Scott, Justin with Daniel Cruson, Newtown 2005 : the way we are after 300 years, Newtown Tercentennial Commission, 2005.
Zimmerman, Andrea, Cruson, Daniel and Maki, Mary (eds), Newtown remembered : an oral history of the 20th century, Newtown Historical Society, 2002.
Zimmerman, Andrea, Cruson, Daniel and Maki, Mary (eds), Newtown remembered : more stories of the 20th century, Newtown Historical Society, 2005.
Zimmerman, Andrea, Cruson, Daniel and Maki, Mary (eds) Newtown remembered : continuing stories of the 20th century Newtown Oral History Project, 2010.
Bigham, Barbara, Lydem, Emi and Williams, Gordon. Newtown Congregational Church : 1964-2014, the past fifty years, Newtown Congregational Church, 2014.
Boyle, John Neville, Newtown: 1708-1758 ; historical notes and maps, Bee Publishing Co, 1945.
Cruson, Daniel, A mosaic of Newtown history, Newtown Historical Society, 2005.
Cruson, Daniel, Newtown's slaves : a case study in early Connecticut rural black history, Newtown, Conn. : Newtown Historical Society, 1994. (file of book attached at bottom of this page)
Cruson, Daniel, Newtown, Acadia Publishing, 1997.
Cruson, Daniel, Newtown 1900 - 1960, Acadia Publishing, 2002.
Cruson, Daniel, The Cyrenius H. Booth Library & earlier reading institutions : a history, Newtown, Conn. : Cyrenius H. Booth Library and Friends of the C.H. Booth Library, 2007.
Cruson, Daniel, The Newtown savings bank : one hundred fifty years of service, Newtown, Conn. : Newtown Savings Bank, 2005.
Cruson, Daniel, Educating Newtown's children : a history of its schools, Newtown Historical Society, 2000.
Cruson, Daniel, The slaves of central Fairfield County : the journey from slave to freeman in nineteenth-century Connecticut, History Press, 2007.
Gardner, Robert W, Anglicans to Americans: Trinity Episcopal Church, Newtown, Connecticut, 1732-1982, Walker & Company, 1982.
George, James Hardin, Smith, Allison Parish, and Johnson, Ezra Levan (eds.), Newtown's bicentennial : an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the purchase from the Indians of the land of the town of Newtown, Connecticut, held August fifth, nineteen hundred and five, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1906.
Johnson, Ezra Levan, Newtown's History and Historian, Ezra Levan Johnson, Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2017.
League of Women Voters of Newtown, Newtown, past and present, 1975.
Lucas, Mary R., Newtown Congregational Church : 250th anniversary year, 1714-1964, Newtown Congregational Church, 1964.
Mitchell, Mary and Goodrich, Albert, Touring Newtown's past : the settlement and architecture of an old Connecticut town, Newtown Historical Society, 1996.
Newtown Congregational Church, 1714-1914; the story of two centuries, with an account of the celebration of the bicentenary of the Congregational Church of Newtown, Connecticut, October 18, 19 and 20, 1914, Tuttle, 1914.
Scott, Justin with Daniel Cruson, Newtown 2005 : the way we are after 300 years, Newtown Tercentennial Commission, 2005.
Zimmerman, Andrea, Cruson, Daniel and Maki, Mary (eds), Newtown remembered : an oral history of the 20th century, Newtown Historical Society, 2002.
Zimmerman, Andrea, Cruson, Daniel and Maki, Mary (eds), Newtown remembered : more stories of the 20th century, Newtown Historical Society, 2005.
Zimmerman, Andrea, Cruson, Daniel and Maki, Mary (eds) Newtown remembered : continuing stories of the 20th century Newtown Oral History Project, 2010.
Zoning Resources
Campbell, Susan, The Power and Pain of Zoning Regulations in Connecticut (2015) - https://www.wnpr.org/post/power-and-pain-zoning-regulations-connecticut
Desegregate CT, Connecticut Zoning Atlas - https://www.desegregatect.org/atlas
Prevost, Lisa, Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate, Beacon Press, 2015.
Rothwell, Jonathan, Housing Costs, Zoning, and Access to High-Scoring Schools, Brookings Institute, 2012- https://www.brookings.edu/research/housing-costs-zoning-and-access-to-high-scoring-schools/
Connecticut Fair Housing Center: Residential Zoning Analysis - https://www.ctfairhousing.org/fair-zoning/
Campbell, Susan, The Power and Pain of Zoning Regulations in Connecticut (2015) - https://www.wnpr.org/post/power-and-pain-zoning-regulations-connecticut
Desegregate CT, Connecticut Zoning Atlas - https://www.desegregatect.org/atlas
Prevost, Lisa, Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate, Beacon Press, 2015.
Rothwell, Jonathan, Housing Costs, Zoning, and Access to High-Scoring Schools, Brookings Institute, 2012- https://www.brookings.edu/research/housing-costs-zoning-and-access-to-high-scoring-schools/
Connecticut Fair Housing Center: Residential Zoning Analysis - https://www.ctfairhousing.org/fair-zoning/
Pre 17th Century Books
Bragdon, Kathleen J., Native People of Southern New England, 1500 to 1650, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
Calloway, Colin G. and Salisbury, Neal (eds.), Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience, Colonial Society of Massachusetts,2009.
Charles, Mark and Rah, Soong-Chan, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Intervarsity Press, 2019.
Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, 2003.
De Forest, John William, History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, Franklin Classics Trade Press, 2018.
Greer, Allan, Property and Dispossession, Cambridge University Press,2018.
Kendi, Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lavin, Lucianne, Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures, Yale University Press, 2015
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company,2018.
Mann, Charles C, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Vintage,2006.
Martin, John Frederick, Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century, The University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
Newell, Margaret Ellen, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Salisbury, Neal, Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643, Oxford University Press, 1984.
Bragdon, Kathleen J., Native People of Southern New England, 1500 to 1650, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
Calloway, Colin G. and Salisbury, Neal (eds.), Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience, Colonial Society of Massachusetts,2009.
Charles, Mark and Rah, Soong-Chan, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Intervarsity Press, 2019.
Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, 2003.
De Forest, John William, History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, Franklin Classics Trade Press, 2018.
Greer, Allan, Property and Dispossession, Cambridge University Press,2018.
Kendi, Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lavin, Lucianne, Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures, Yale University Press, 2015
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company,2018.
Mann, Charles C, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Vintage,2006.
Martin, John Frederick, Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century, The University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
Newell, Margaret Ellen, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Salisbury, Neal, Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643, Oxford University Press, 1984.
17th and 18th Century Books
Berlin, Ira, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
Brooks, Lisa, Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast,Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Bushman, Richard L. From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765, Harvard University Press, 1980.
Calloway, Collin G. and Salisbury, Neal, Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2009.
Charles, Mark and Rah, Soong-Chan, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Intervarsity Press, 2019.
Carpenter, William Henry, History of Connecticut, The, 1854.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books,2013.
Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, 2003.
De Forest, John William, History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, Franklin Classics Trade Press,2018.
Farrow, Anne, The Logbooks: Connecticut’s Slave Ships and Human Memory, Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Farrow, Anne, Lang, Joel and Frank, Jenifer, Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery, Ballantine Books,2006.
Greene, Lorenzo J., The Negro in Colonial New England: 1620-1776, Columbia University Press, 1942.
Greer, Allan, Property and Dispossession,Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Hardesty, Jared Ross, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England, University of Massachusetts Press, 2019.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lavin, Lucianne, Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures,Yale University Press, 2015.
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Macken, WH, Slavery in Connecticut, Facing Buried Truths, https://thinkingoregon.org/2018/01/09/slavery-in-connecticut-facing-buried-truths/, 2018.
Martin, John Frederick, Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century, The University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
Melish, Joanne Pope, Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860, Cornell University Press, 2000.
Newell, Margaret Ellen, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Normen, E., Harris, K., Close, S., Mitchell, W., White, O. (Eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Reséndez, Andrés, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in American, Mariner Books, 2016.
Roth, David Morris, Connecticut: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1979.
Salisbury, Neal, Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643, Oxford University Press, 1984.
Steiner, Bernard Christian, History of Slavery in Connecticut, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1983.
Van Dusen, Albert E., Connecticut ,Random House,1961.
Warren, Wendy, New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016.
Berlin, Ira, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
Brooks, Lisa, Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast,Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Bushman, Richard L. From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765, Harvard University Press, 1980.
Calloway, Collin G. and Salisbury, Neal, Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2009.
Charles, Mark and Rah, Soong-Chan, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Intervarsity Press, 2019.
Carpenter, William Henry, History of Connecticut, The, 1854.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books,2013.
Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, 2003.
De Forest, John William, History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, Franklin Classics Trade Press,2018.
Farrow, Anne, The Logbooks: Connecticut’s Slave Ships and Human Memory, Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Farrow, Anne, Lang, Joel and Frank, Jenifer, Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery, Ballantine Books,2006.
Greene, Lorenzo J., The Negro in Colonial New England: 1620-1776, Columbia University Press, 1942.
Greer, Allan, Property and Dispossession,Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Hardesty, Jared Ross, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England, University of Massachusetts Press, 2019.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lavin, Lucianne, Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures,Yale University Press, 2015.
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Macken, WH, Slavery in Connecticut, Facing Buried Truths, https://thinkingoregon.org/2018/01/09/slavery-in-connecticut-facing-buried-truths/, 2018.
Martin, John Frederick, Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century, The University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
Melish, Joanne Pope, Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860, Cornell University Press, 2000.
Newell, Margaret Ellen, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Normen, E., Harris, K., Close, S., Mitchell, W., White, O. (Eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Reséndez, Andrés, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in American, Mariner Books, 2016.
Roth, David Morris, Connecticut: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1979.
Salisbury, Neal, Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643, Oxford University Press, 1984.
Steiner, Bernard Christian, History of Slavery in Connecticut, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1983.
Van Dusen, Albert E., Connecticut ,Random House,1961.
Warren, Wendy, New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016.
19th Century Books
Brooks, Lisa, Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast,Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Brilvitch, Charles, A History of Connecticut's Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe, The History Press, 2007.
Carpenter, William Henry, History of Connecticut, The, 1854.
Charles, Mark and Rah, Soong-Chan, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Intervarsity Press, 2019.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books,2013.
Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, 2003.
De Forest, John William, History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, Franklin Classics Trade Press,2018.
Demos, John, The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic, Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Douglass, Frederick, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Barnes & Noble Books, 2005.
Farrow, Anne, Lang, Joel and Frank, Jenifer, Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery, Ballantine Books,2006.
Hahn, Steven, Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910, Penguin Books, 2017.
Hardesty, Jared Ross, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England, University of Massachusetts Press, 2019.
Hayden, Dolores, Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000,Vintage, 2004.
Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, Harvard University Press, 1998.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Loewen, James, W., Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Touchstone, 2006.
McPherson, James, M., Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Oxford University Press,1988.
McPherson, James M., War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, The, Oxford University Press, 2015.
Melish, Joanne Pope, Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860, Cornell University Press, 2000.
Newell, Margaret Ellen, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Normen, E., Harris, K., Close, S., Mitchell, W., White, O. (Eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Roediger, David R., Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs, Basic Books, 2006.
Roth, David Morris, Connecticut: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1979.
Rothstein, Richard, Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, The, Liveright, 2018.
Steiner, Bernard Christian, History of Slavery in Connecticut, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1983.
Strother, Horatio T., The Underground Railroad in Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1962.
Van Dusen, Albert E., Connecticut ,Random House,1961.
Warshauer, Matthew, Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival (The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books), Wesleyan, 2011.
Brooks, Lisa, Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast,Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Brilvitch, Charles, A History of Connecticut's Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe, The History Press, 2007.
Carpenter, William Henry, History of Connecticut, The, 1854.
Charles, Mark and Rah, Soong-Chan, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Intervarsity Press, 2019.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books,2013.
Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, 2003.
De Forest, John William, History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850, Franklin Classics Trade Press,2018.
Demos, John, The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic, Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Douglass, Frederick, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Barnes & Noble Books, 2005.
Farrow, Anne, Lang, Joel and Frank, Jenifer, Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery, Ballantine Books,2006.
Hahn, Steven, Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910, Penguin Books, 2017.
Hardesty, Jared Ross, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England, University of Massachusetts Press, 2019.
Hayden, Dolores, Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000,Vintage, 2004.
Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, Harvard University Press, 1998.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Loewen, James, W., Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Touchstone, 2006.
McPherson, James, M., Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Oxford University Press,1988.
McPherson, James M., War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, The, Oxford University Press, 2015.
Melish, Joanne Pope, Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780-1860, Cornell University Press, 2000.
Newell, Margaret Ellen, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Normen, E., Harris, K., Close, S., Mitchell, W., White, O. (Eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Roediger, David R., Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs, Basic Books, 2006.
Roth, David Morris, Connecticut: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1979.
Rothstein, Richard, Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, The, Liveright, 2018.
Steiner, Bernard Christian, History of Slavery in Connecticut, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1983.
Strother, Horatio T., The Underground Railroad in Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1962.
Van Dusen, Albert E., Connecticut ,Random House,1961.
Warshauer, Matthew, Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival (The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books), Wesleyan, 2011.
20th Century Books
Alexander, Michelle, New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, The, 2012.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books, 2013.
Finney, Carolyn, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Green, Victor H. Negro Travelers' Green Book
Hayden, Dolores, Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000,Vintage, 2004.
Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, Harvard University Press, 1998.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lemann, Nicholas, Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America, The,New York : A. A. Knopf,
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Loewen, James, W., Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Touchstone, 2006.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Normen, E., Harris, K., Close, S., Mitchell, W., White, O. (Eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Omi, Michael & Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s, Routledge, 1994.
Roediger, David R., Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs, Basic Books, 2006.
Roth, David Morris, Connecticut: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1979.
Rothstein, Richard, Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, The, Liveright, 2018.
Sorkin, Gretchen, Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights, Liveright Publishing corporation, 2020.
Tatum,Beverly Daniel, Assimilation Blues: Black Families In White Communities, Who Succeeds And Why, Basic Books, 2000.
Tatum, Beverly Daniel, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Basic Books, 2003.
Van Dusen, Albert E., Connecticut ,Random House,1961.
Wilkerson, Isabel, Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, The, Vintage,2011.
Alexander, Michelle, New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, The, 2012.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books, 2013.
Finney, Carolyn, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Green, Victor H. Negro Travelers' Green Book
Hayden, Dolores, Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000,Vintage, 2004.
Jacobson, Matthew Frye, Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, Harvard University Press, 1998.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lemann, Nicholas, Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America, The,New York : A. A. Knopf,
Lepore, Jill, These Truths: A History of the United States, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Loewen, James, W., Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Touchstone, 2006.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Normen, E., Harris, K., Close, S., Mitchell, W., White, O. (Eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Omi, Michael & Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s, Routledge, 1994.
Roediger, David R., Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs, Basic Books, 2006.
Roth, David Morris, Connecticut: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1979.
Rothstein, Richard, Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, The, Liveright, 2018.
Sorkin, Gretchen, Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights, Liveright Publishing corporation, 2020.
Tatum,Beverly Daniel, Assimilation Blues: Black Families In White Communities, Who Succeeds And Why, Basic Books, 2000.
Tatum, Beverly Daniel, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Basic Books, 2003.
Van Dusen, Albert E., Connecticut ,Random House,1961.
Wilkerson, Isabel, Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, The, Vintage,2011.
21st Century Books
Anderson, Elijah, Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life, The, W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.
Banaji, Mahzarin R., and Greenwald, Anthony G., Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Delacorte Press, 2013.
Barber, Rev. Dr. William J. and Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan ,Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement, The Beacon Press, 2016.
Brown, Austin Channing, I'm Still Here, Crown Publishing Group, 2018.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books, 2013.
Coates,Ta-Nehisi, Between the World and Me, Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
DiAngelo, Robin, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Beacon Press, 2018.
Dyson,Michael Eric, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America, St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Eberhardt, Jennifer L., PhD, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do, Penguin Books, 2019.
Finney,Carolyn, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Glaude Jr., Eddie S., Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, Crown, 2016.
Gómez, Laura E., Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism, The New Press, 2020.
Irving, Debby, Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, Elephant Room Press, 2014.
Jung, Moon-Kim, Beneath the Surface of White Supremacy:Denaturalizing U.S. Racisms Past and Present, Stanford University Press, 2015.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lalami, Laila, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, Pantheon Books, 2020.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Prevost, Lisa, Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice and Real Estate, Beacon Press, 2013.
Ransby, Barbara, Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century, University of California Press, 2018.
Ross ,Howard J., Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
Wallis, Jim, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, Brazos Press, 2016.
Ward, Jesmyn, Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race, The, Scribner, 2016.
Wilkerson, Isabel, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Random House, 2020.
Anderson, Elijah, Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life, The, W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.
Banaji, Mahzarin R., and Greenwald, Anthony G., Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Delacorte Press, 2013.
Barber, Rev. Dr. William J. and Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan ,Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement, The Beacon Press, 2016.
Brown, Austin Channing, I'm Still Here, Crown Publishing Group, 2018.
Chen, Xiangming et al., Confronting Urban Legacy: Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities,Lexington Books, 2013.
Coates,Ta-Nehisi, Between the World and Me, Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
DiAngelo, Robin, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Beacon Press, 2018.
Dyson,Michael Eric, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America, St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Eberhardt, Jennifer L., PhD, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do, Penguin Books, 2019.
Finney,Carolyn, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Glaude Jr., Eddie S., Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, Crown, 2016.
Gómez, Laura E., Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism, The New Press, 2020.
Irving, Debby, Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, Elephant Room Press, 2014.
Jung, Moon-Kim, Beneath the Surface of White Supremacy:Denaturalizing U.S. Racisms Past and Present, Stanford University Press, 2015.
Kendi,Ibram X., Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Nation Books, 2017.
Lalami, Laila, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, Pantheon Books, 2020.
Nicolaides, Becky and Wiese, Andrew (eds.), Suburb Reader, The, Routledge, 2016.
Prevost, Lisa, Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice and Real Estate, Beacon Press, 2013.
Ransby, Barbara, Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century, University of California Press, 2018.
Ross ,Howard J., Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
Wallis, Jim, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, Brazos Press, 2016.
Ward, Jesmyn, Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race, The, Scribner, 2016.
Wilkerson, Isabel, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Random House, 2020.
Organizations
Amistad Center for Art and Culture - http://www.amistadcenter.org
Association for the Study of Connecticut History - http://asch-cthistory.org
Connecticut Historical Society - https://chs.org
Connecticut Explored - https://www.ctexplored.org
Connecticut State Library - https://ctstatelibrary.org
Desegregate Connecticut - https://www.desegregatect.org
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center - https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
Newtown Historical Society - https://www.newtownhistory.org
Office of the State Historian of Connecticut - https://cthistory.org
Amistad Center for Art and Culture - http://www.amistadcenter.org
Association for the Study of Connecticut History - http://asch-cthistory.org
Connecticut Historical Society - https://chs.org
Connecticut Explored - https://www.ctexplored.org
Connecticut State Library - https://ctstatelibrary.org
Desegregate Connecticut - https://www.desegregatect.org
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center - https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
Newtown Historical Society - https://www.newtownhistory.org
Office of the State Historian of Connecticut - https://cthistory.org