Social Justice Resources: Dr. Martin Luther King Day (January)

Various resources about Martin Luther King Jr, and also about Mrs. Coretta Scott King provided by the King Center established in 1968

President Ronald Reagan signs a bill in the White House Rose Garden designating a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., to be observed on the third Monday of January

Martin Luther King Day: MLK quotes, inspiration to honor late civil rights leader

At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. From the article

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]" on 16 April 1963. Courtesy: African Studies Center-University of Pennsylvania
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” --Martin Luther King, Jr.

5 of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most memorable speeches

Resources on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)