Amistad at Large

AMISTAD COMMUNITY COMMEMORATIVE

It happened here in New Haven…

Join The Amistad Committee, New Haven Sister Cities, and Dixwell Avenue Congregational UCC in remembrance of the historic Amistad incident, its legacy, and the man who sought to keep this history alive for New Haven, former Amistad Committee president Alfred Marder (1922 -2023).

When: SUNDAY, MARCH 10th, 2024 | 11 A.M.
Where: Dixwell Avenue Congregational UCC
217 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, CT

The Amistad Committee helped catalyze Yale’s movement to examine its own history. | Feb. 19, 2024

The following Yale Daily News article quotes extensively from committee member Charles Warner, who is also a member of the Yale and Slavery Working Group. The article also references a booklet the Amistad Committee published in 2001.

Read the entirety of the article, HERE.

Al Marder, True Believer To The End, Dies At 101

Alfred Marder was a life-long resident of New Haven, World War II veteran, and University of Connecticut graduate. He joined the Communist party as a teen in 1938, served as the chairman of the Connecticut Young Communist League, and was one of the organizers of the campaign for the first evening college in the state. As a Communist party organizer in 1952 in New Haven during the Cold War, he helped to organize an unsuccessful campaign to allow African Americans to work as bus drivers. | New Haven Independent | December 19, 2023

DeLauro, Clyburn, Meeks, Clarke, Torres Introduce Legislation Honoring Constance Baker Motley | Feb. 17, 2023

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), House Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (SC-06), Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), and Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) introduced the Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2023, legislation to honor the life of civil rights pioneer Judge Constance Baker Motley by posthumously awarding her with a Congressional Gold Medal.