A hotel on Bank Street where Black sailors were beaten during a night of rioting in 1919. The family home of New London’s first Black elected official on Rogers Street. A Green Street building that ho.
Norwich ― Full tables with several people standing along the walls in the Norwich Free Academy cafeteria marked the robust full return of the annual Martin Luther King Birthday luncheon Friday.
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New London ― Pouring water into a potted plant, Adwoa Bandele-Asante asked those in the crowd to call out the names of their ancestors, whether personal to them or well-known names such as Frederick .
To acknowledge New London’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and mark its designation as a UNESCO Slave Route Project Site of Memory, the city will unveil a plaque on Sunday, July 17 at the Amistad Pier.