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A positive view of Black history takes root in CT


A positive view of Black history takes root in CT
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Maame Obeng, an African-American teen attending Danbury High School, feels lucky to live in a diverse town where she’s able to see other people who look like her at school.
“However, I did partake in numerous Advanced Placement honors classes. When I was in class, my classmates weren’t African-American. They weren’t Hispanic,” she said. “I looked around the class and everybody was white.”
As schools recognize and mark the start of Black History Month with celebration and education, Obeng and many other people of color say they’re not looking forward to hearing more about slavery, segregation and the Civil War, along with many other events that traumatized and killed Black people. ....

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'Historic' merger: Connecticut Food Bank, Foodshare will combine organizations


Historic merger: Connecticut Food Bank, Foodshare will combine organizations
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Randy Thurlow of the Connecticut Food Bank unloads a pallet of pasta in the parking lot of the Kingdom Life Christian Church Cathedral in Milford for a mobile food distribution on January 15, 2021. The Kingdom Life Christian Church Cathedral and Cornerstone Christian Center partnered with the Connecticut Food Bank for the effort.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Volunteers hand out food as the Connecticut Food Bank holds a distribution event Wednesday, January 12, 2020, at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, Conn. A Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare announced the launch of three new food distributions in New London, Norwich and Norwalk replicating Foodshare’s emergency drive-thru food distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less ....

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