Join the CT Valley Tobacco Historical Society for a special event honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose youth experience working with Connecticut Valley tobacco farms was transformational.
"After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation," he wrote in his autobiography.
Enjoy community, Connecticut history, and the glimpse of equality the future Civil Rights leader had at his first integration experience away from the oppressive caste system imposed by Jim Crow segregation laws.
• Readings of M.L.K.'s Simsbury letters
• Museum collection tour with curator
Donations support the museum’s programming and preservation efforts, including our collection centered on student summer labor from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Thank you for supporting our mission. Your support is invaluable.
More information here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/mlk-legacy-lunch
$75 early bird before 1/11, $100 for adult ticket. Discounted options for children students, military, first-responders, teachers, veterans, seniors