Tag: #PhillisCT2
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New England’s Abolitionist History At Odds With Racist Realities
Witness Stones Project Co-Chair Pat Wilson Pheanious was a guest on a Vermont Public Radio radio series produced by the New England News Collaborative and America Amplified. The focus of the episode was New England’s direct involvement and complicity in slavery and white supremacy. We invite you to listen to the program here: Racism in New England.
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“Look at the Whole Story”: CT Educators Rethink Lessons on Racism, Slavery
By Meghan Friedmann in the New Haven Register on July 31, 2020 A team of educators hopes to empower teachers to educate their students about racism and slavery in southern New England – and to do so correctly. A nationally-renowned scholar, two Connecticut teachers and a state representative, all of whom advocate for a reconfiguration…
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Guilford Project Researching Slavery Finds Descendant Living in Connecticut
By Ed Stannard in the New Haven Register on November 4, 2018 GUILFORD — Patricia Wilson Pheanious was sitting on the porch of her Ashford home when her husband came out and told her that someone was on the phone and wanted to talk about her ancestry. Dennis Culliton, co-founder of the Witness Stones Project, in which…
