Martin Luther King

Monday January 16, 2006

Today is Martin Luther King Day, a time set apart to honor one of the greatest leaders of our times. Here's a few links from around the Web that you can use to find out more about King's message, his life, and his legacy:

I Have A Dream - Speech Transcript: Here's the transcript of probably the most famous of King's speeches.
Martin Luther King Timeline: Great chronological timeline of King's life.
Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement: Huge archive of photographs not only of Martin Luther King but of other leaders and events during the Civil Rights struggle.
Letter from Birmingham Jail: My favorite of all King's writings.
Audio version of "I Have A Dream": Turn this on and listen to it with your children.
History Channel - Martin Luther King: video results from the History Channel for everything related to MLK.
The Martin Luther King Research Institute: From Stanford; biography, encyclopedia of MLK's life, sermons, speeches, writings, and other materials.
National Park Service-Martin Luther King National Historical Monument: One of my goals is to visit this site one day.
The King Center: The official site of the King Center established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King.
Civil Rights: from the Library of Congress; civil rights photos and remembrances.
The FBI File on Martin Luther King: from Truman State; "17,000 pages of materials about Martin Luther King, Jr. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted surveillance of Rev. King from 1958 until his death."
In Search of African America - Civil Rights Era: from the Hoover Library Institute. The exhibit includes slavery, Jim Crow, Martin Luther King, and more.