The town of Hopkinton experienced a population boom in the middle of the 19th century as shoe factories multiplied and several thousand Irish immigrants arrived looking for employment and security. The first Irish in the United states (and Hopkinton) actually pre-date American Revolution but...

As a community, we are indebted to two Hopkinton women who have spent much time and energy documenting and sharing the Black history of our town; Jazz Dottin and Linda Connelly.