Hartford

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It was just the start of another school year, but the greeting was anything but routine for students arriving at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. One by one, the students received high-fives as they filed past rows of black professional men on their way to the school entrance, introduced individually […]

Carrie Saxon Perry is the first Black woman mayor of a major New England city, achieving the historic mark in 1987 at the age of 56. The former Howard University and community activist used the largely ceremonial role as Hartford’s mayor to address issues such as crime, racial tension, and more. Perry was born in […]

Remember when Dave Chappelle quit performing his show at the Oddball Comedy Festival in Hartford, Conn., last year after he felt disrespected  by his audience?…