Author: Elijah Baldwin HuntingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
History of Stamford, Connecticut
Author: Elijah Baldwin HuntingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Darien (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Stamford '76
Author: JoeAnn HartPublisher:
ISBN: 160938637X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In July 1976, a twenty-four-year-old white woman, Margo Olson, was found in a shallow grave in Stamford, Connecticut, with an arrow piercing through her heart. A few weeks later, Howie Carter, her black boyfriend, was killed by the police. Howie and Margo's interracial relationship held a distorted mirror to the author's own, with Howie's best friend, Joe. Joe's theory was that the police didn't have any evidence to arrest Howie; operating on the assumption that the black man is always guilty, they killed him instead. Margo's murder was never solved. Looking back at what might have happened in 1976, the author discovers a Bicentennial year steeped in recession, racism, and unrelenting violence. It was also a time of flourishing second-wave feminism, when young women were encouraged to do anything, if only they knew how. Stamford was in the midst of urban renewal, destroying historically black neighborhoods to create space for corporations escaping a bankrupt and dangerous New York City, just forty miles away. Organized crime followed the money, infiltrating Stamford at all levels. The author reveals how racism, misogyny, the economy, and corruption affected the young people's daily lives, and helped lead Margo and Howie to their deaths.
Reading Group Choices
Author: Reading Group ChoicesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780975974476
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Stamford Sports
Author: Stamford Historical SocietyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439643172
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
At the turn of the 20th century, Stamford was fast becoming an industrial powerhouse, quickly earning its nickname of The City That Works. As manufacturing boomed and drew thousands of immigrants to the city, sports clubs formed at an equally rapid pace. Stamfords large and thriving industrial league provided a means for those working six-day weeks to let off steam productively and enjoyably. Stamford Sports covers the history of sports in Stamford from its earliest baseball and basketball teams in the 1890s through the burgeoning of sports of all types for everyone, brought on by the passage of Title IX in the 1970s.
School Desegregation in Stamford, Connecticut
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Connecticut Advisory CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : School integration
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
A-Z of Stamford
Author: Christopher DaviesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445685302
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Explore the fascinating history of Stamford in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the town's people and places.
Chronology of Stamford
Author: George Burton (of Stamford.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The History of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln
Author: John DrakardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stamford (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
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