Gerald “Mike” Fothergill received his high school diploma in Hartford on Thursday, 57 years after he was expelled for participating in a peaceful walkout to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr.

Gerald “Mike” Fothergill received his high school diploma in Hartford on Thursday, 57 years after he was expelled for participating in a peaceful walkout to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr.

Gerald “Mike” Fothergill received his high school diploma in Hartford on Thursday, 57 years after he was expelled for participating in a peaceful walkout to honor the late Martin ...

Gerald “Mike” Fothergill will walk across the graduation stage at 77 years old. Fothergill attended Hartford Public High ...

Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 57 years ago. America still needs his wisdom. “When you think about most immigrants that are frightened, in some cases for children to go to school.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that played an important role in the civil rights ...

Nearly 60 years ago, Gerald “Mike” Fothergill walked out of high school in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and ... received his Hartford Public High School ...

A Hartford man will get an honorary ... when he said he was expelled for walking out of school the day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Stream Connecticut News for ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Hartford middle school was forced into lockdown Monday afternoon after police received a report of a gun inside the building. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School went into ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - A Hartford middle school was put into lockdown this afternoon. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School was in lockdown for over two hours. Police say it was reported that a ...

Hartford police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School had been in lockdown for about an hour as of around 3 p.m. By 5 p.m., Boisvert said the lockdown had been lifted after ...