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Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 16, 2023! It's been about 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr. gave his inspiring "I have a dream" speech and his vision remains unfulfilled. Read about the life and times of King and the Civil Rights Movement he helped mobilize and how his legacy lives on in today's continuing movement.

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  • The March Against Fear

    The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power

    Bausum, Ann
    eBook, 2017Disney - RHCB, 2017
  • Voices in Our Blood

    America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement

    Meacham, Jon
    eBook, 2001Random House Publishing Group, 2001
  • Letters to a Birmingham Jail

    A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Downloadable Audiobook, 2021Moody Publishers, 2021
  • Begin Again

    James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

    Glaude Jr., Eddie S.
    eAudiobook, 2020Books on Tape, 2020
  • All That She Carried

    The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

    Miles, Tiya
    eBook, 2021Random House Publishing Group, 2021
  • Just Pursuit

    A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness

    Coates, Laura
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2022Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022
  • The New Jim Crow

    Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    Alexander, Michelle
    eBook, 2020The New Press, 2020
  • I Am Not Your Negro

    A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck

    Velvet Films, Inc.Peck, Raoul
    eBook, 2017Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2017
  • A Peculiar Indifference

    The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

    Currie, Elliott
    eAudiobook, 2020Macmillan Audio, 2020
  • Death of a King

    The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year

    Ritz, DavidSmiley, Tavis
    eBook, 2014Little, Brown and Company, 2014
  • You Are Your Best Thing

    Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

    eAudiobook, 2021Books on Tape, 2021