Source: Caplan, Eleanor Neiditz. Oral history interview onConnecticut Civil Rights (with video) by Anique Thompsonfor the Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project, July 6, 2011. Available from theTrinity College Digital Repository, Hartford Connecticut (http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cssp/).
Mrs. Caplan was recruited as a typist and later worked as a researcher and “legislative liason” for the Connecticut Civil Rights Commission and shares her memories with the activist group. Her data collection showed segregation in virtually all of the housing projects that her group examined. One method she mentioned that real estate agents would use to restrict housing was to selectively show only a certain pool of houses to minorities. Mrs. Caplan repeatedly mentioned that a sense of sociopolitical powerlessness was prevalent in many activist attempts.
Source: Hartford Times Collection, West Hartford, 1954. Barcode: 32520104892483
This image depicts the Oak Acres Temporary Housing Projects, which probably exhibited segregation to at least some degree.