Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 16, 2021

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day. This federal holiday was established in 1983 after 32 years of campaigning. For more information on how it was established, check out this article!
For books on Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy, check out our collection. You can also find the books and films shown below by clicking on the cover of your choice.
For more documentary films about the work of MLK and the Civil Rights era, be sure to check out Kanopy! You can find their collection here. For more information about Kanopy and how to use it, check out our ‘How-To’ blog post or contact the library.
Hoopla also has several ebooks and audiobooks centered around Martin Luther King Jr. For their full collection, click here. To listen to King’s I Have A Dream speech in its entirety, click this link! You can find the full transcript and additional information about the speech here!