{"id":279,"date":"2017-07-03T23:31:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T23:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/govinfo\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2017-07-18T03:23:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T03:23:20","slug":"mlk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/govinfo\/u-of-i-unit-library-homepage\/researchtools\/subject\/mlk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#gov\">Government Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#foundation\">Foundations, Media and Educational Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"gov\" name=\"gov\"><\/a>Government Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The Corporation for National &amp; Community Service&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlkday.gov\/\">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service<\/a>\u00a0website to plan and participate in service projects.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Government Printing Office\u00a0provides\u00a0the text of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/WCPD-1994-01-17\/html\/WCPD-1994-01-17-Pg50-4.htm\">\u00a0the January 14, 1994 proclamation of the Martin Luther King, Jr.\u00a0Federal Holiday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The National Park Service provides travel and events information for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/malu\/index.htm\">Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site located in Atlanta, GA<\/a>.\u00a0 They also provides online access to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/parkhistory\/online_books\/malu\/hrs\/hrs.htm\">Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Historic Resource Study<\/a>.\u00a0 This publication includes information about the Site itself as well as an account of MLK&#8217;s career and involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.\u00a0 Maps and photographs of important locations are included here also.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mlkm\/index.htm\">Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial<\/a>\u00a0website from the National Park Service. The memorial is located in Washington, DC.<\/li>\n<li>This United States Department of Justice site documents the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/about\/crm\/mlk\/part1.php\">Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Library of Congress exhibition\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/aaohtml\/exhibit\/aointro.html\">The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>, showcases African American collections and includes information and photographs pertaining to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/aaohtml\/exhibit\/aopart9.html\">Civil Rights Era<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Department of Education&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/index.html?src=mr\">Office for Civil Rights<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccr.gov\/\">U.S. Commission on Civil Rights<\/a>\u00a0are both departments that reflect the impact MLK has had on our nation&#8217;s structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"foundation\" name=\"foundation\"><\/a>Foundation, Media and Educational Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanford University&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu\/index.php\/kingpapers\/index\">Martin Luther King, Jr. Paper&#8217;s Project<\/a>\u00a0is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated. Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu\/\">The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute<\/a>\u00a0holds the papers project and other resources about MLK Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Infoplease.com&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/mlkjrday1.html\">MLK site<\/a>\u00a0includes biographical information, a timeline, quotes and links to other informative sites.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekingcenter.org\/\">The King Center<\/a>, established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Time Magazine has celebrated MLK&#8217;s contributions by profiling him\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2019712_2019711_2019683,00.html\">Person of the Year: A Photo History<\/a>\u00a0and naming him Man of the Year for 1963.<\/li>\n<li>LIFE Magazine has several photograph collections\u00a0about King:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3633907\/martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-freedom-riders-rare-and-classic-photos\/\">MLK and the Freedom Riders<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3730150\/the-march-on-washington-power-to-the-people\/\">The March on Washington, 1963<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3524581\/the-night-mlk-was-murdered-a-photographers-story\/\">The Day MLK Died<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlkonline.com\/\">MLK Online<\/a>\u00a0provides biographical information, information on the MLK Holiday, multimedia files, speeches, quotes, and links to other informative MLK sites.<\/li>\n<li>The Seattle Times&#8217; webpage,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/mlk\/\">Martin Luther King Jr. &amp; the Civil Rights Movement<\/a>, includes biographical information, a photo gallery, and the perspectives that various discussions about MLK and the Civil Rights Movement have set forth.<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana State University provides a listing of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.lsu.edu\/mlk\">selected reference sources pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>African-American Involvement in the Vietnam War\u00a0includes a transcription of a speech given by MLK on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aavw.org\/special_features\/speeches_speech_king02.html\">Casualties of the War in Vietnam<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government Sources Foundations, Media and Educational Sources &nbsp; Government Sources The Corporation for National &amp; Community Service&#8217;s\u00a0Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service\u00a0website to plan and participate in service projects. 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