CT 250 /tags/ct-250 CT 250 en-US Copyright Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:15:00 GMT Why is called the ‘Constitution State?’ /show/the-wheelhouse/2025-08-20/why-is-connecticut-called-the-constitution-state calls itself the “Constitution State,” but why? We trace the nickname back to the 1600s and explore the historical claim that wrote the first constitution in U.S. history. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:15:00 GMT /show/the-wheelhouse/2025-08-20/why-is-connecticut-called-the-constitution-state Frankie Graziano, Chloe Wynne From Japanese internment camp to UConn: Ceramics artist Minnie Negoro's legacy continues to inspire /show/where-we-live/2025-07-22/from-japanese-internment-camp-to-uconn-ceramics-artist-minnie-negoros-legacy-continues-to-inspire Minnie Negoro first learned ceramics while being held at a Japanese concentration camp. Today, we hear about her journey as an artist, and as a teacher at the University of . Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT /show/where-we-live/2025-07-22/from-japanese-internment-camp-to-uconn-ceramics-artist-minnie-negoros-legacy-continues-to-inspire Tess Terrible, Catherine Shen Commemorating America 250 with inclusive stories /show/where-we-live/2025-04-01/commemorating-america-250-with-inclusive-stories Next year will mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This hour, we hear how different institutions plan to recognize the anniversary. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/where-we-live/2025-04-01/commemorating-america-250-with-inclusive-stories Tess Terrible, Catherine Shen He once followed this path to his enslaver's mansion. Now, the same CT street bears his name /news/2025-02-14/prince-mortimers-legacy-honored-in-middletown-street-renaming A community has taken another step toward reckoning with its past history of slavery. For the first time ever, the town has named a street after a person who was enslaved there and walked that path each day. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:41:16 GMT /news/2025-02-14/prince-mortimers-legacy-honored-in-middletown-street-renaming John Henry Smith Remembering New Haven native Constance Baker Motley, a national civil rights trailblazer /news/2025-02-03/constance-baker-motley-national-civil-rights-trailblazer Motley was the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge and the first Black woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:34:25 GMT /news/2025-02-03/constance-baker-motley-national-civil-rights-trailblazer Lori Mack Jimmy Carter shared memories of Groton and negotiation lessons in a 1985 visit to CT /news/2025-01-09/jimmy-carter-shared-memories-of-groton-lessons-in-negotiation-in-1985-visit-to-ct As the country continues to honor and remember the legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, looked back to April 1985, when the former president spoke to an audience of 3,000 at Central State University. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /news/2025-01-09/jimmy-carter-shared-memories-of-groton-lessons-in-negotiation-in-1985-visit-to-ct Lori Mack New Haven’s historian Michael Morand on bringing the city's past to the present /show/disrupted/2024-11-15/new-havens-historian-michael-morand-on-bringing-the-citys-past-to-the-present New Haven’s official historian, Michael Morand, doesn’t sugarcoat the past. This hour on Disrupted, we explore the histories of New Haven and Yale, including their roles in slavery. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:15:00 GMT /show/disrupted/2024-11-15/new-havens-historian-michael-morand-on-bringing-the-citys-past-to-the-present Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Meg Dalton, Megan Fitzgerald Hartford's Mark Twain House celebrates 150 years in 'most beautiful city he's ever seen' /news/2024-10-09/mark-twain-house-ct-hartford-anniversary-150-years For 150 years, the Mark Twain House and Museum has stood as a monument to one of America’s greatest authors. Its interim leader talks about why Twain's legacy endures. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 20:36:31 GMT /news/2024-10-09/mark-twain-house-ct-hartford-anniversary-150-years John Henry Smith A CT museum exhibit aims to tell stories of the sea through Indigenous and Black perspectives /news/2024-07-17/mystic-seaport-museum-entwined-exhibit-indigineous-african-native-american-black-perspectives For decades, most Black and Indigenous maritime histories were missing at Mystic Seaport, the country’s largest maritime museum. “Entwined” aims to change that – by presenting those histories through Native American and Black perspectives. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:19:16 GMT /news/2024-07-17/mystic-seaport-museum-entwined-exhibit-indigineous-african-native-american-black-perspectives Diane Orson Education inequities still exist 70 years after Brown v. Board /show/disrupted/2024-05-15/education-inequities-still-exist-70-years-after-brown-v-board This hour, we look at the historic Supreme Court decision — and some of the inequities that still exist in education today. Wed, 15 May 2024 15:10:44 GMT /show/disrupted/2024-05-15/education-inequities-still-exist-70-years-after-brown-v-board Wayne Edwards, Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Meg Dalton, Catie Talarski