MLK in CT Memorial
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

•  In 2010 a group of sixteen High school students released a documentary proving that Martin Luther King was in Connecticut.  
• The student group continued their efforts and created the The Martin Luther King, Jr. in Connecticut Memorial committee. 
• A student led local project dedicated to creating a permanent memorial on the grounds of the Simsbury Free Library. To commemorate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement.
• The students over the years have worked on every aspect of the memorial, designed, fund raised, did presentations, and are now working on the construction of the memorial. In the next phase, will help create programming. 
• We are continuing to raise funds, as we are not only building the Memorial but also, creating educational and enrichment programming as well as setting up endowment for the maintenance of the Memorial for the years ahead.
• There are still sponsorship opportunities to have your support embedded in the Memorial available.
• Supporters can purchase personalized bricks that will be used on the pathway – over 300 people have purchased a brick so far.
• During the summers of 1944 and 1948 Martin Luther King Jr was in Simsbury with is fellow Morehouse College students working in the tobacco fields.  This legend inspired a group of High school students working with the Simsbury Free Library to create a documentary proving that it was a fact.  They also worked very hard to design a permanent memorial to The great Dr. King. 
• His writings strongly suggest that his call to ministry crystallized during his time spent with a group of Morehouse College students, earning money for their education by working at the Culbro Tobacco Farm in town.

• On his application to Crozer Theological Seminary School he wrote “My call to ministry was quite different from most explinations Ive heard.  This decision came about in 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”
• We are very fortunate that MLK was here in Simsbury at an important time of self discovery.  A young man figuring out who he wanted to be. We hope visitors to this Memorial will be educated, engaged in self discovery and self correction and inspired to live a life of inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance.                                              

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For more Information contact:
Simsbury Free Library
749 Hopmeadow ST
Simsbury, CT  06070
860-408-1336

www.SimsburyFreeLibrary.org

​www.MLKinCT.org

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