Martin Luther King was a civil rights leader who used nonviolent civil disobedience to fight for racial equality and justice for African Americans.
Dr. King changed America by leading the Civil Rights Movement. He led this movement from 1950 until his death by assassination in 1968.
(Connecticut College)
Many may not know that Dr. King lived on a tobacco farm in Simsbury, Connecticut, for two summers between the years of 1944 and 1947. Dr. King learned that whites and blacks can live and work together.
MLK, as many call him, came to Connecticut because he wanted to earn money and escape the Jim Crow South.
Covenant School music teacher Mr. Charles Askew actually went to an MLK march when he was age 4.
The Reverend J.B. Ball, a pastor in community, called Dr. King’s team to stop by Norwalk and march in the city. They marched and sang songs like, “We shall Overcome,” and he spoke of the message that injustice is everywhere.
“My mother was carrying me, and I was 16 feet away from Martin Luther King as we walked.”
His favorite part was knowing he was part of a small segment of the Civil Rights Movement.
a great honor. From The Atlantic.
