VIRTUAL PROGRAM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24th 7:00 PM

​1892, Horse-drawn Streetcar in Little Liberia, Photo Credit: M. Witkowski, Bridgeport History Center

In honor of Black History Month, we are pleased to have Maisa Tisdale as our guest speaker. Maisa is the President and CEO of the Mary & Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community.
Discover Little Liberia, a community established in Bridgeport by African and Native American residents as a free city during the 1800’s, filled with empowered women who started businesses while their men earned a living at sea, well before women’s rights were established. The successful quest to save the last two remaining homes of this community from demolition, once owned by key contributors Mary and Eliza Freeman and now recognized in the National Register of Historic Places, has evolved into a mission for restoration. Also discover the connection of this community to Trumbull.

Please send RSVP to [email protected] to receive the Zoom link for access to this virtual program.