The third monday is designated as Martin Luther King Jr Day in the USA to honour the life and work of the civil rights campaigner.
The official website is maintained by the US government
Read the original Congress bill from 1994 of the aims of the day of service.
the Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at Stanford University provides free acces to a wealth of primary resource materials. It provides free access to the King Encyclopedia which has a chronology of his life plus over 280 factual articles on the civil rights movement.
An audio and transcript of the famous I have a dream speech
plus other online primary source documents
There is also a section of lesson plans for teachers.
Seattle Times special edition. has an excellent overview and introduction, plus a selection of speeches, sermons and letters.
the Civil Rights Digital library from the University of Georgia
has a collection of black and white photographs of civil rights leaders called These powerful days from photographer Charles Moore which include images of King being arrested.
Also useful is the Teaching American History website which has a colection of selected lessons plans including one arounf the typescript of the letter from Birmingham Jail.
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