In Northampton, linking legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to contemporary action

In Northampton, linking legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to contemporary action

By SUZANNE WILSON
Staff Writer

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

NORTHAMPTON - ...Robert Meeropol, executive director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children in Easthampton, linked the fate of his birth parents to some of the same civil rights issues being debated today. The fund he runs today honors Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as Soviet spies in 1953.

"We help kids of parents whose civil rights have been violated," Meeropol said. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived in a country where this fund wasn't necessary?"  Read the full story at the link above.