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Report from the Stamford Citizens Committee to Study De Facto Segregation in the Public Elementary Schools about the segregation status of the Stamford public schools in 1966. The committee studied the segregation situation as it existed in 1965 and…

Recording of interview with Ana Maria Badash done on July 12, 2017 at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut. Ms. Badash talks about her family and herself in Honduras and the struggles they faced politically. She talks about the work she does…

Recording of interview with Ann done on July 14, 2017 at The Atlantic apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. Ann speaks about what Stamford was like in the 1950s and 1960s and the changes she has witnessed.

Recording of interview with Blanche Sumpter done on February 8, 2017 at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut. Ms. Sumpter speaks about moving to Stamford from South Carolina in the 1950s and her experiences living here.

Recording of interview with Diane Smith Strain at the Bell Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. She talks about being born in Stamford and growing up as a Catholic in the city. She discusses the schools and churches she attended as well as some of…

Recording of interview with Doris Gantt done on September 26, 2017 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. Ms. Gantt talks about moving to Stamford from Alabama for domestic work and her life and family here.

Recording of interview with General Ingram done on September 26, 2017 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Ingram talks about moving to Stamford in the 1960s and his life and experiences here.

Recording of interview with Gil Fagiani and Wayne Russell done on February 27, 2017 at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Fagiani reads through a prepared memoir document then he and Mr. Russell talk back and forth about their…

Recording of interview with Herbert and Louise Spirer done on February 14, 2017 at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Spirer speak about moving to Stamford in the 1950s and the changes they have witnessed during that time.

Recording of interview with Jean Johnson on September 26, 2017 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut. Ms. Johnson talks about her childhood in Stamford and her memories of the downtown area.