Press photographs of Hartford, Connecticut Black Caucus protests and meetings, 1967 September-October

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Summary

Creator:
John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University), Chindmark, Einar G., 1912-1974, Pugliese, S. Robert, 1932-2016, Grogan, Grover W., 1926-1992, and Kington, Ellery G., 1918-1984
Abstract:
The Hartford Times was a daily newspaper for Hartford, Connecticut. Collection consists of 50 black-and-white press photographs taken by Hartford Times staff of Black Caucus protests and marches in Fall 1967, and associated community meetings. Subjects include Black Caucus members, African American residents, student protesters, state and city officials, police, religious leaders, and the press. Protest images show Black Caucus members marching through Hartford and gathering in the State Capitol Building and in Bushnell Park. Individuals highlighted in the images are: John Barber; Boce W. Barlow, Jr.; Rev. Collin Bennett; Lewis Fox; George B. Kinsella; Rev. Robert A. Moody; Robert Morris; and Wilber Smith. Acquired as part of the John Hope Center for African and African American History and Culture, and the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
RL.11878

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of 50 black-and-white press photographs taken by Hartford Times reporters of Black Caucus protests in Hartford, Connecticut in September and October, 1967, and associated community meetings. Individuals featured in the images include Black Caucus members, African American citizens of the North End, other Black and White activists, student protesters, state and city officials, police, religious leaders, and the press.

About a quarter of the prints are of protest images, and show Black Caucus leaders and members marching peacefully through Hartford and gathering in the State Capitol Building and in Bushnell Park with college student supporters. Images of meetings show speakers as well as the audiences.

Among the individuals highlighted in the images are: John Barber, Black Caucus spokesperson; Boce Barlow, Jr., first Black State Judge and State Senator; Collin Bennett, Black City Council member; Lewis Fox, local attorney and Board of Education member; George B. Kinsella, Hartford's mayor; Rev. Robert A. Moody, a Black Baptist minister and community activist; Robert Morris, Black Caucus spokesperson; and Wilber G. Smith, Black attorney, civil rights activist and, later, State Senator. Many other state and city officials are also present in the meeting images.

Biographical / historical:

The Hartford Times was the daily afternoon newspaper for Hartford, Connecticut. Its photographers assigned to cover the Black Caucus marches were Einar G. Chindmark, Grover W. Grogan, Ellery G. Kington, and S. Robert Pugliese.

The Black Caucus of Hartford was formed sometime in the first half of 1967 by residents of the North End, a segregated neighborhood where most of the African Americans in Hartford lived, and where they faced systemic discriminatory practices, including substandard housing and education, and police harassment. By 1970 the group seems to have disbanded, but individuals continued their civil rights work with other community groups and organizations.

Acquisition information:
The Press photographs of Hartford, Connecticut Black Caucus protests and meetings were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2020.
Processing information:

Processed and described by Paula Jeannet, February 2021.

Accession(s) represented in this collection guide: 2020-0056.

Arrangement:

Photographs are arranged in chronological order.

Physical facet:
50 photographic prints
Dimensions:
Print sizes: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; image sizes vary.
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The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. Images may only be used for educational, non-commercial purposes; any other use requires the photographer's permission. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Press photographs of Hartford, Connecticut Black Caucus protests and meetings, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University