| "Race Riots" were a concern in 1944 and a
booklet describing how to avoid them was prepared by the
ACLU. To view this document, click => here (3 MB) |
| Connecticut Tobacco Growers Did Their Part to
provide a good experience for the southern workers. To view this
document, click => here (2 MB) |
| Pacific Coast Review had an article about
"Tobacco Crop Saved by Farm Army." To view this
document, click => here
(1 MB) |
| Part of the "Glee Clubs" that were part
of the entertainment. To view this document, click => here
(0.2 MB) |
| Interview Notes with Rev. King T Hayes. To view
this document, click => here
(0.6 MB) |
| The following documents are
stored here as JPG files (which are larger and less convenient
than the PDF formats). They will be converted as time
permits. |
| Simsbury's "Elbow" on Route 10
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Selected Bibliography for Inter-Racial
Understanding (circa 1944)
A highly organized, indexed and partly annotated, 36 page
bibliography
created by Connecticut's Inter-Racial Commission "having as
one of it
objectives a "program of education for better relations
between groups
through various means." Page
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Bishop Gray Archive Notes (2000)
Notes made from leafing through Bishop Gray's files on the
Inter-Racial Commission Page
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1944 letter to Governor Baldwin from W. K. Hopes
(A.M.E. affiliation) in appreciation for his establishment of
Connecticut's Inter-Racial Commission and Governor Baldwin's
continued un-coerced support of the commission in Baldwin's second
administration.
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The interior of Eno Hall (1943)
The building in which MLK and other tobacco workers joined town
residents to attend movies on weekends (the only time popular
movies were shown in Simsbury.) The event is a fashion show
where men from the town model women's fashions.
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Ensgin Bickford Glee Club (1944)
One of many examples of the prevalence of glee clubs which were
hugely popular as a pastime. The Inter-Racial Commission's
establishment of glee clubs for the tobacco workers appears to
have grown out of this common social outlet.
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Fair Employment Act (1943)
Actual text of The Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act of
1943
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Fair Employment Act (1947)
Actual text of the State of Connecticut: An Act Concerning Fair
Employment Practices forbidding employment decisions on the basis
of race, etc. including enforcement powers of the Inter-Racial
Commission.
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Fair Employment Act (1951)
Actual text of The Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act
of 1951
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General Statutes (1943)
Pages describing the Inter-Racial Commission from The State of
Connecticut 1943 Supplement to the General Statutes, January
Session, 1943 and Special Session, 1942.
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General Statutes (1947)
Pages describing the Inter-Racial Commission from The State of
Connecticut 1947 Supplement to the General Statutes, January
Session 1947 and Special Session, May, 1946.
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General Statutes (1949)
Pages describing the Inter-Racial Commission from The General
Statutes of Connecticut: Revision of 1949, In Force January 15,
1949 Volume III.Page
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