Francis M. Donnarumma, the president of the recently revived Connecticut Italian-American Bar Association, says that while each ethnic group is different, each has struggled in similar ways. “Clearly there is a wide history of discrimination as each ethnic group made it,” Donnarumma said.

There was a time when members of large ethnic groups, including people of Italian heritage, wouldn’t get hired at certain firms, he said.

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