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Organizing in Hard Times
Louise Simmons
Community organizations and unions come together for mutual aid and to build a new political movement.

It Did Happen Here
Ruth and Bud Schultz
How local activists coped during the blacklist years.
Identity and Power
Jose Cruz
The rise and development of the Puerto Rican community's political clout in Hartford.

Crisis and Political Beliefs
Marc Lendler
How did the longest strike in the history of Connecticut affect the political persepctives of Colt Firearms workers?  This study explains.

People's History
The Story of Hartford Areas Rally Together
Written by participants, this is a record and scrapbook of HART's organizing campaigns.
Aging Political Activists
David Shuldiner
Interviews with veterans of struggles throughout the 20th century
Some of our city's history, written about real people.
Also see the Shoeleather History of Hartford