Young King Inspired by Time in Desegregated Connecticut

A young Martin Luther King Jr. might have gone on to any number of careers, but for one inspiring summer in Connecticut. He was there as a teenager, earning money for college by working on a tobacco farm, and he was shocked by the lack of segregation he found. “After…

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Young King Inspired by Time in Desegregated Connecticut

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