The 30th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast drew more than 500 people including state political and religious leaders to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford on Monday.

Isabella Rios sings during the annual “Bridgeport Has a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr. Day performance organized by Connect-US at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 15, 2024.

Layla Braxton dances during the Bridgeport Has a Dream program, held in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2020.

The 30th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast drew more than 500 people including state political and religious leaders to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford on Monday.

BRIDGEPORT — The University of Bridgeport will honor the memory of civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events during the week of Jan. 20. King visited the city five times ...

BRIDGEPORT -- From the Hollow to the East End, the city on Monday celebrated the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr. More than 1,000 people from Bridgeport and surrounding communities were on ...

As America celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this weekend, a man with ties to King's family explains the role Bridgeport played in King's extraordinary journey as a civil rights ...

Hartford’s Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will present their 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast this Monday, Jan. 15 at the Connecticut Convention ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Dance will be Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, 15 Vernon St. in Hartford. The educational program “honors the ...

When a young Martin Luther King Jr. came north to spend a summer working in tobacco fields, he found a whole new world in 1940s Simsbury. It was, according to a number of accounts, a pivotal moment.

Martin Luther King Jr. in Connecticut Memorial Anytime | Simsbury Free Library, 749 Hopmeadow St. In 2018, students from Simsbury High School created a memorial to honor Dr. King.