Years before he became an internationally famous orator and civil rights leader, young Martin Luther King, Jr. worked a number of jobs to make ends meet for his family. During the summer of 1944, after he gained early admission to Morehouse College at the age of 15, he journeyed north from Georgia to the…
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September 12: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Teenage Summer in Simsbury
Years before he became an internationally famous orator and civil rights leader, young Martin Luther King, Jr. worked a number of jobs to make ends meet for his family. During the summer of 1944, after he gained early admission to Morehouse College at the age of 15, he journeyed north from Georgia to the…
September 12: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Segregation-Free Summer in Simsbury
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…
September 12: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Transformative Summer in Simsbury
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…