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.
The 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.” Ticket Site https://rb.gy/a8yrjv Image, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. courtesy Dick DeMarsico, photographer with the New York World-Telegram & Sun | ||||||
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