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 MLK in CT Memorial - Simsbury, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 52.463 W 072° 48.133
18T E 682377 N 4638164
The MLK in CT Memorial is located on the grounds of the Simsbury Free Library at 749 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, CT.
Waymark Code: WM16F36
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2022
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The MLK in CT Memorial is a series of five glass panels that each tell an aspect of the story of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. The panels describe:
1. His family history
2. His journey to Simsbury
3. His call to service
4. His departure to the South
5. His life and legacy
The two brownstone monoliths before the first panel and after the last panel represent King's journey from south to north.
Panel 1
Early Year
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
was born on January 15th, 1929,
in Atlanta Georgia the second
child of Reverend Michael King
and Alberta Williams King.
Dr. King attended
segregated public
schools in Atlanta
and experienced the
racial prejudice and
injustice of the segregated South.
Panel 2
A Young Man in
Connecticut
Dr. King spent he summers of
1944 and 1947 in Simsbury
Connecticut. He traveled North
with fellow Morehouse College
students towork on a
tobacco farm. Leaving
the segregated South
was a new experience
for King.
In a letter to his mother, King
commented "We went to church
Sunday in Simsbury and we were
the only Negroes there. - Negroes
and Whites go to the same church".
Panel 3
Call to Service
Dr. King was selected to be the
religious leader of 107 students.
In a letter to his mother, King
wrote, "Sunday morning we had
church in the board house and I
led it. I am the
religious leader.
I have to speak on
some text every
Sunday ... we really have good
meetings
Dr. King later credited his call to
the ministry to "the summer of
1944 when I felt an inescapable
urge to serve society. In short, I
felt a sense of responsibility
which I could not escape."
Panel 4
On the Train
Reflecting back on his experiences
Dr. King later wrote, "After that
summer in Connecticut it was
a bitter feeling going back to
segregation. it was hard to
understand why
I could ride
wherever I
pleased on the
train from New York to
Washington and then had to
change to a Jim Crow car at the
nation's capital in order to
continue my trip to Atlanta."
Panel 5
The Challenge
"Make a career of humanity.
Commit yourself to a noble
struggle for equal rights. You
will make a greater person of
yourself, a greater nation of your
country, and a
finer world to live
in." MLK
Dr. King devoted his life to the
principles of freedom, justice,
and non-violence. He was
assassinated on April 4th, 1968
in Memphis, Tennessee.
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