Biographical and Critical Sources

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Editorial. “Major TV Milestones in Black History.” Rotten Tomatoes, 2021. https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com.

Gardner, Nathaniel. “Secrets of the North.” Capital Writers, April 24, 2025.

“Hartford’s Louis Peterson, Groundbreaking African American Playwright.” Connecticut History, Connecticut Explored. https://connecticuthistory.org.

Internet Broadway Database (IBDB). Take a Giant Step. Lyceum Theatre, September 24–November 28, 1953. https://www.ibdb.com.

“Louis Peterson: Pioneering Black Playwright.” Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2002.

“‘No Taxation without Representation’: Black Voting in Connecticut.” Connecticut History, Connecticut Explored.

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“Prudence Crandall Fights for Equal Access to Education.” Connecticut History, Connecticut Explored.

Schleier, Merrill. Racialized Isolation in Suburban Space: Take a Giant Step on Film. Albany: SUNY Press / De Gruyter Brill, 2010.

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Turner, Darwin T. “Isolation in Take a Giant Step.” JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org.

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