Government Resources on Martin Luther King: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
MLK Day is observed the third Monday in January, celebrating the life and legacy of the Civil Rights leader, as well as a commitment to service.
Online Resources
AmeriCorps is the federal agency charged with leading the “MLK Day of Service” effort, encouraging Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Check out AmeriCorps’ website and find out ways you can engage with your community while honoring Dr. King’s legacy.
- MLK Day - United We ServeThe Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service is a defining moment each year when Americans across the country step up to make communities more equitable and take action to create the Beloved Community of Dr. King’s dream. While Dr. King believed the Beloved Community was possible, he acknowledged and fought for systemic change. His example is our call to action.
- MLK Day ResourcesCommunication Resources, MLK Day Toolkit, and Project Ideas and Tips
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical ParkA young boy grows up in a time of segregation…A dreamer is moved by destiny into leadership of the modern civil rights movement…This was Martin Luther King, Jr. Come hear his story, visit the home of his birth, and where he played as a child. Walk in his footsteps, and hear his voice in the church where he moved hearts and minds. Marvel at how he was an instrument for social change.
- ShareAmerica -The life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.ShareAmerica is the U.S. Department of State’s platform for sharing compelling stories and images about American society, culture, and life, and about the principles that underlie our nation’s foreign policy and engagement with the world.
Select Publications at Fondren Library
Letter from Birmingham Jail by ISBN: 1610457498Publication Date: 2013-04-15April 16th. The year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama has had a spring of non-violent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The organizers longed to create a non-violent tension so severe that the powers that be would be forced to address the rampant racism head on. Recently arrested was Martin Luther King, Jr.. It is there in that jail cell that he writes this letter; on the margins of a newspaper he pens this defense of non-violence against segregation. His accusers, though many, in this case were not the white racist leaders or retailers he protested against, but 8 black men who saw him as "other" and as too extreme. To them and to the world he defended the notion that "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
Martin Luther King, Jr. : the Last Interview by Call Number: E185.97 .K5 A3 2017ISBN: 9781612196169Publication Date: 2017-01-03Martin Luther King, Jr. had great success in helping to end segregation and the disenfranchisement of African-Americans. His famous 'I Have A Dream' speech described a vision of racial equality in America that inspired millions. A true icon, whose insistence on equality and peace defined the Civil Rights Movement and forever changed the course of American history, his words and interviews are collected here in a unique volume, highlighting the wisdom and teachings he shared with the world.
Martin Luther King Jr by Call Number: E185.97 .K5 K575 2005ISBN: 0582414318Publication Date: 2004-11-05Combining the latest insights from KIng biographies and movement histories, this book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the relationship between King and the wider civil rights movement. Delivering a fresh perspective on the relationship between 'the man and the movement', Kirk argues that it is the interactionbetween national and local movement concerns that is essential to understanding King's leadership and black activism in the 1950s and 1960s. Kirk examines King's strengths and his limitations, and weighs the role that king played in then movement alongside the contributions of other civil rights organizations and leaders, and local civil rights activists. Suitable for undergraduate courses in 20th century US history.
Select Publications at the Kelley Center for Government Information
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission Extension Act byCall Number: Government Publications - Stacks; AE 2.110:101-30Publication Date: 1989
- Investigation of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.: hearings before the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session ... byCall Number: Government Publications - Microforms ; Y 4.As 7:K 58/v.1-12Publication Date: 1979
- Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King congressional gold medal authorization byCall Number: Government Publications - Stacks ; AE 2.110:108-368Publication Date: 2004Act to Authorize the President to Award a Gold Medal on Behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in Recognition of Their Contributions to the Nation on Behalf of the Civil Rights Movement
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