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Remembering Bridgeport’s “Little Liberia," and the impact of Conn.'s tobacco industry on the great migration

This Episode Originally Aired on June 9th, 2021

February is Black History Month in America. To celebrate, we revisit an episode on Black history from last year.

It may not be well known that by the American Revolution, º£½Ç»»ÆÞ had the largest number of slaves of all the New England states. In fact, slavery in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ did not officially end until 1848 – the last state in New England to do so.

This week on Disrupted, the forgotten story of the free city of "Little Liberia". And how º£½Ç»»ÆÞ tobacco farming impacted a young Martin Luther King Jr.

GUESTS:

  • Maisa L. Tisdale: President and CEO of the .
  • Dr. Stacey Close: Associate Provost and Vice President of Equity and Diversity at Eastern º£½Ç»»ÆÞ State University and co-author of the book .

Disrupted is produced by Catie Talarski, James Szkobel-Wolff, and Zshekinah Collier. And special thanks to Reverend Philippe E. C. Andal for helping us voice the great Martin Luther King Jr.

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James Szkobel-Wolff is a producer for the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Radio’s weekly show 'Disrupted,' hosted by Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean.
Zshekinah Collier is a producer for º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Radio’s weekly show 'Disrupted.' Previously she was a Radio Production & Storytelling Intern and contributed to 'Audacious,' 'The Colin McEnroe Show,' 'Seasoned,' and 'Where We Live.'
Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on º£½Ç»»ÆÞ.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at º£½Ç»»ÆÞ.

Funding provided by:
The º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Office of Film, Television and Digital Media