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Former Hartford High student, expelled after MLK's death, will finally receive an honorary diploma
Gerald "Mike" Fothergill walked out of Hartford Public High School with hundreds of other students in 1968 to protest the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. That walk got him expelled from school ...
CT man expelled from high school 57 years ago finally gets a diploma
Fothergill, then 19, along with hundreds of other students, some Black and some white, took part in the peaceful walkout as ...
Hartford man to receive honorary diploma 56 years later
A Hartford man will get an honorary diploma from Hartford High School, 56 years after he was set to graduate. Gerlad ...
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Gerald Fothergill becomes first person to receive honorary diploma from Hartford Public Schools
More than half-a-century after high school, a Hartford man is finally getting his diploma. The Board of Education voted to ...
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Leader in civil rights movement to deliver keynote address at Upstate university graduation
A leader in the civil rights movement will deliver the keynote address at Anderson University's spring commencement on May 9.