Black Voices

We discuss the inequities that the pandemic exposed, from how COVID-19 impacted people with disabilities to a broader look at the history of health and race.

The Center of Africana Studies at Central Connecticut State University held its 31st annual conference Thursday, celebrating African strength, culture, and how people can help be an ally for the Black community.

We explore the way racist housing policies like redlining have impacted generations of Americans as law professor Bernadette Atuahene discusses her new book 'Plundered.'

This hour, a panel discusses the significance of Black History Month in the context of President Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, its protections are under threat. Connecticut Public's Khalilah Brown-Dean breaks down its impact, challenges and what’s at stake.

The exhibit, "Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery," has been open at the New Haven Museum for about a year. The exhibit has been impactful for students because many can see how the fight for equality got its start at the local level, a museum official said.

One of the most polarizing trials of the civil rights era happened right here in Connecticut. This hour, we’re going back in time to the New Haven Black Panther trials.

We listen back to our candid hour with Reginald Dwayne Betts. We talk about what books meant to him when he was incarcerated and how his time in prison still impacts him.

The exhibit at Stamford’s Ferguson Library celebrates Black History Month with a collection of artwork by local Black artists.

A Connecticut community has taken another step toward reckoning with its past history of slavery. For the first time ever, the town has named a street after a person who was enslaved there and walked that path each day.