On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember the impact the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had on our country and people in our state, including one man who wanted a better future for the Black men and women in Hartford.
At the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is a pair of brown leather shoes – a piece of United States history worn by William J. Brown.
“Bill Brown was so instrumental and so poignant in advocating for the community and really being a champion for economic empowerment,” said David Hopkins, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Hartford.
After spending time in the Urban League movement around the country, in places such as Detroit, Michigan and Southbend, Indiana, Brown settled in Connecticut.
In 1964, he became the first person to lead the Urban League of Greater Hartford.
Brown wanted to see Black people treated equally and …