Saturday, July 27, 2024

Bridgeport Black History

Tuesday, January 16 - February 29
12:00 am

In celebration of Black History Month, be sure to follow us on our new Instagram page (@bridgeporthistorycenter), where we’ll be posting weekly stories throughout the month of February about key people and events that shaped Bridgeport!

Jaime Pettit
Jaime Pettit serves as an Assistant Archivist at the Bridgeport History Center at the Bridgeport, Connecticut Public Library. She received a Masters' in Information Science at the University of Michigan and a Certification in Museum Studies at Harvard University. She has previously worked with the University of Michigan and Arizona State University's departments of archeology. Pettit's current projects combine her love for both history and writing to highlight interesting and lesser-known stories from Bridgeport and Connecticut.