Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Resources

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It’s a day of reflection and of learning. The Tanglewood Moms editorial team has collected a list of resources about who Dr. King really was and why he’s still relevant today.

For the Adults:

• https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/4/4/17193286/martin-luther-king-assassination-50th-anniversary-jeanne-theoharis?fbclid=IwAR16BcIXD97J5IJzllFTtdMq5j9Pb3u8O5dX08tJr47EMIZrQAjzYGKGhR0
• https://everybodyluvsraymondsedblog.com/2020/01/20/mlk-day-energy/?fbclid=IwAR2lRg6mHoGJoBShr1qD2NwKhKHxsQIRcCL4mWpo9__nr_XuxmrobSrkzr8
• https://time.com/5197679/10-historians-martin-luther-king-jr/?fbclid=IwAR0Y5pH7RBuUMuoWRPVozkYdnmwNV-nDe8MZYlHSXhtV_rVPa5TKAw6x_Ag
• https://politicaleducation.org/resources/reclaiming-mlks-radical-legacy-study-guide/?fbclid=IwAR07-SqzpKiiXnXMGnsPGnkXuw1TG6Y7Un_m619HCud7mjrwRPw39YG574o
• https://time.com/5220093/the-whitewashing-and-resurrection-of-dr-kings-legacy/?fbclid=IwAR1a8Q9NUP1GkrwYC7cqmv3tq5lPpSQppdSUNYRwxdoXRF_4hsTgS7Zwu3g
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/04/martin-luther-king-cornel-west-legacy?fbclid=IwAR0VZzcjijbGWdLVbozGneiTSgA7BOw9XuTC-_G5Ftk8_jh6bCjH39QLZfk
• https://www.teenvogue.com/story/mlk-more-radical-than-we-remember?fbclid=IwAR0kjwj5C02eQXmSZWNMofoEOGhRKVat56RaX8fqQzQvfddM0MtL2q5Bp4A
• https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/martin-luther-king-jr-s-true-radical-legacy-being-whitewashed-ncna960756?fbclid=IwAR2P-T_exOV7rkEs14pptGdVhyWjjWt7YsccoGpeXPQNiPL3O7AM_z378yM

For the Kids:

• https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/history-and-culture/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=FFG_Special_20210110&rid=A1459DB838D47A609F89F25598AC5F37/#/97624131894
• https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/march-on-washington/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=FFG_Special_20210110&rid=A1459DB838D47A609F89F25598AC5F37
• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525428526
• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375858873
• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1629797189

And here are the links to three of Dr. King’s most important writings:

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/?fbclid=IwAR3NBgkWi-4FSO1T8ytrdvcwsL_h9usRK-JrAFPU5qi3RDcaqCq3bDJ1b70
• https://www.naacp.org/i-have-a-dream-speech-full-march-on-washington/?fbclid=IwAR3Wlyk7R23ryrnU5pDal2Wit9JT79nnsjXPXhNv2ILJ3SDrgfZBJ82Znbc
• https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/04/us/martin-luther-king-jr-mountaintop-speech-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2whZ5-a3TUT1MLnK5m-G4lnDZP-Ha9EXEf5mnILz33mRn2PpXHV4gqyNo