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Books and Movies

Books for Adults: I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Future of Multicultural America edited by James Echols The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech that Inspired a Nation by Drew D. Hansen Along Martin Luther King: A Passage to Black America by Jonathan Tilove Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marshall Frady Quotable King: Words of Wisdom, Inspiration, and Freedom By and About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., One of America's Great Civil Rights Leaders introduction by Steve Eubanks A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson and Kris Shephard King: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Charles Johnson & Bob Adelman Martin Luther King, Jr., On Leadership: Inspiration & Wisdom for Challenging Times by Donald T. Phillips Children of the Dream: Our Own Stories of Growing up Black in America compiled by Laurel Holliday King 2 (graphic novel) written and illustrated by Ho Che Anderson Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader by Robert Jakoubek

Books for Kids: I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Walter Dean Myers Martin Luther King, Jr. by Don McLeese Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Honoring a Man of Peace by Carol Gnojewski Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore Movies: Our Friend, Martin Selma, Lord, Selma Legacy of a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream I Have a Dream (video) I Have a Dream (dvd) Rivals. King vs. Wallace

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Journal Articles

Below you will find journal articles on the subject of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A Personal Journey to Understanding Martin Luther King, Jr.

To Walk in Dignity: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Paradoxes of King Historiography

Between Contending Forces: Martin Luther King , Jr ., and the African American Freedom Struggle

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Links

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Site Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project The King Center

Remember Segregation For Kids Martin Luther King, Jr. page from The Seattle Times

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History

On Monday, January 20, 1986, in cities and towns across the country people celebrated the first official Martin Luther King Day, the only federal holiday commemorating an African-American. A ceremony which took place at an old railroad depot in Atlanta, Georgia was especially emotional. Hundreds had gathered to sing and to march. Many were the same people who, in 1965, had marched for fifty miles between two cities in the state of Alabama to protest segregation and discrimination of black Americans.

All through the 1980's, controversy surrounded the idea of a Martin Luther King Day. Congressmen and citizens had petitioned the President to make January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, a federal holiday. Others wanted to make the holiday on the day he died, while some people did not want to have any holiday at all.

January 15 had been observed as a public holiday for many years in 27 states and Washington, D.C. Finally, in 1986, President Ronald Reagan declared the third Monday in January a federal legal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday.

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