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  1. Martin Luther King, Jr Links (LSU)
      Provides articles on MLK.

  2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (SeattleTimes.com)
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  3. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Howard University)
      Provides almost two dozen links on Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) 12-99

  4. King, Martin Luther, Jr. Day (Chamberlin - Capt'n Clint's Place)
      Provides two dozen links on Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) 12-99

  5. King, Martin Luther, Jr (King Estate)
      Provides a biography, chronology, and articles on MLK.

  6. -02-07-06 Thousands Honor Coretta Scott King (MSNBC News)
      "After the funeral, King’s body will be placed in a crypt near her husband’s tomb at the King Center, which she built to promote his memory."

      "Between the tombs is the eternal flame that was placed there years ago in Martin Luther King Jr.’s honor. On the crypt, inscribed in black, is the Bible passage First Corinthians 13:13, which reads: 'And now abide Faith, Hope, Love, These Three; but the greatest of these is Love.' "

  7. King, Martin Luther, Jr. (Wikipedia.org)
      "The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., often called Martin Luther King Day, is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. It is the only United States federal holiday commemorating an African American and one of only four to commemorate an individual person" 01-07

  8. King, Martin Luther, Jr. (Newsweek)
      Provides ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. 01-08

  9. King, Martin Luther, Jr. Lesson Plans (Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute)
      Provides five lesson plans. 01-08

  10. America Reflects on King's Legacy (PBS.org)
      On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, leaving the civil rights movement he led to forge its own path. A panel of analysts discuss King's complex legacy and how U.S. race relations have evolved since his death."

      Clayborne Carson: "He had achieved a great deal in the field of civil rights. And we kind of remember him as a major part of the civil rights struggle that culminated in 1965. But I think what we often forget is that, the day after the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, he went back to work. He continued his struggle."

      "And I think that other part of his struggle was the most important part for him, the struggle for international peace, the struggle for social justice, and on a global scale. These were major concerns of him throughout his life." 03-08

  11. 08-28-13 Martin Luther King Jr: "I Have a Dream" (CNN News)
      " 'I have a dream this afternoon that my four little children will not come up in the same young days that I came up within, but they will be judged on the basis of the content of their character, not the color of their skin.' " 08-13

  12. Martin Luther King Jr: "I Have a Dream" (International Business Times)
      Provides his speech in Washington DC in 1963. Includes the text and and video of King's speech. "The March on Washington is widely credited for aiding the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act." 08-13

  13. Martin Luther King Jr Speeches You've Never Heard (CNN News)
      "American civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his role in the African-American civil rights movement and nonviolent protests. His life's work has been honored with a national holiday, schools and public buildings named after him, as well as a memorial on Independence Mall in Washington. Take a look back at the civil rights leader's defining years." 01-14

  14. King, Martin Luther, Jr. (MLK)

  15. Marshall, Thurgood (ThurgoodMarshall.com)
      Provides a picture and a short biography of this influential African American. "Thurgood Marshall was America's leading radical. He led a civil rights revolution in the 20th century that forever changed the landscape of American society. But he is the least well known of the three leading black figures of this century. Martin Luther King Jr., with his preachings of love and non-violent resistance, and Malcolm X, the fiery street preacher who advocated a bloody overthrow of the system, are both more closely associate in the popular mind and myth with the civil rights struggle. But it was Thurgood Marshall, working through the courts to eradicate the legacy of slavery and destroying the racist segregation system of Jim Crow, who had an even more profound and lasting effect on race relations than either of King or X." 1-05

  16. The Day MLK Died (Life.com)
      "On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. They raced to the scene and there, incredibly, had unfettered access to the hotel grounds, Dr. King's room, and the surrounding area. For reasons that have been lost in the intervening years, the photographs taken that night and the next day were never published. Until now." 03-08

  17. -07-16-11 California Adds Gay Rights Advocates to History Books (ABC News)
      "Harvey Milk, the first openly-gay man to hold elected office, and Kathy Kozachenko, the first lesbian woman elected to office, will soon join the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Susan B. Anthony in the pages of civil rights history in California."

      "While California’s new law nudges the state’s curriculum in a more liberal direction, standards passed last year in Texas take the Lone Star state down a more conservative path. The two states are the largest textbook buyers in the country." 07-11

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