As a teenager, years before he became an internationally famous speaker and advocate for social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. worked a number of jobs to make ends meet for his family, just like many of his peers in northern Georgia. During the summer of 1944, after he gained early admission to Morehouse College…
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August 7: Statewide Strikes Bring Connecticut to a Halt
Today in 1919, Connecticut companies throughout the state were effectively shuttered as thousands of workers across a multitude of different industries joined in a massive regional strike that, within the course of a week, spread from Maine to New York and brought New England commerce to a screeching halt. Connecticut, like many other states…