The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society
Preserving the history of the people and techniques of growing andharvesting the crop that made the CT. River Valley.
M.L.K. Legacy EventExperience History as We Remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy on January 19th with Lunch, Readings about his Transformational Connecticut StayThe C.T. Valley Tobacco Historical Society announces a special luncheon to support Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflecting on the formative summers he spent working on Connecticut Valley tobacco farms as well as the profound impact those experiences had on his early understanding of equality and justice. As a teenager, M.L.K. traveled from racially oppressive Georgia to work in the Connecticut Valley. The contrast between life under Jim Crow America and the relative freedom he encountered in Connecticut left a lasting impression. In his autobiography, he recalled, “After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation.” During his time in Hartford, he also experienced integrated dining for the first time, writing to his mother in 1944, “I never thought that a person of my race could eat anywhere, but we ate in one of the finest [restaurants].” The catered experience features delicacies he was known to enjoy: beef ribs, collard greens, sweet potatoes, cornbread. It also honors that pivotal chapter in M.L.K.’s youth and celebrates the region’s historical beneficial role, having influenced the future Civil Rights leader. Event Program • A catered lunch inspired by Dr. King’s favorite dishes courtesy Bear’s B.B.Q., Hartford • Readings from M.L.K.’s Simsbury letters • Live tour at the Tobacco Museum’s collection Cost $100 per person *discounts available for veterans, seniors; just call for assistance Contact (860) 285-1888 www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/mlk-legacy-lunch |
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