About a dozen masked, distanced congregants gathered at Urban Hope Refuge Church in Hartford Monday to reflect on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., noting how the coronavirus pandemic has widened disparities in income and health care between white communities and communities of color.
“It’s so important to remember Dr. King’s legacy especially with what is going on in the word right now,” said Donna Campbell, chairwoman of the state Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission.
The annual ceremony usually takes place inside the state Capitol in Hartford. But coronavirus, and the events of Jan.