Martin Luther King, Jr. Learning Resources

Monday, January 15, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Here are some excellent resources for all of us to remember.

We Shall Overcome, Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement shows 41 churches, houses, and other properties related largely to the post-World War II civil rights movement. The links to these properties consist of photographs and texts, and the exhibit offers a bibliography and links to websites relating to civil rights. (National Park Service)

History and Politics Out Loud lets us hear key speeches by Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and others. Listen to King's "I have a dream" speech, President Roosevelt's speech to Congress declaring war on Japan, Churchill's "iron curtain" speech, and more. (Michigan State University, National Endowment for the Humanities)

Voices of Civil Rights documents the civil rights movement in the U.S. Nearly 50 photos, posters, and descriptions depict important events and individuals: school integration in Little Rock (1957), the lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro (1960), the memorial service for Medgar Evers (1963), the March on Washington (1963), the Selma-to-Montgomery March (1965), the Voting Rights Act (1965), and others. (Library of Congress)
Source: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence