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King Institute Projects
The King Papers Project produces a comprehensive multi-volume collection of King’s most important correspondence, sermons, publications, speeches, unpublished manuscripts, and other material and makes its significant research efforts available online and in popular books and audios.
The Liberation Curriculum (LC) initiative provides document-based lesson plans and resources and professional development workshops to inform teachers about global efforts to achieve social justice, human rights and liberation through nonviolent means, with special emphasis on the modern African American freedom struggle. (Photo by Matt Herron)
King Institute News
January 17, 2012
Reacting to southern racial violence, Dr. King, C. K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth issued an “urgent plea” for a two day conference of southern black leaders to be held at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King’s father was pastor.
See Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery Improvement Association Press Release
Southern Christian Leadership Conference "Statement to the South and the Nation"
January 06, 2012
Find out about 2012 King Holiday events occurring on campus and in the local area!
January 06, 2012
The King Holiday Celebration will take place 3 pm - 5 pm at Tresidder Memorial Union, 459 Lagunita Drive, on the Stanford campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
January 04, 2012
Judge Carter spent years doing research in law and history to construct the legal theory that was used to challenge the Supreme Court’s 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson during the infamous 1954, Brown v. Board of Education case.
December 14, 2011
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute invites you to our 2012 King Holiday Celebration! A schedule of King Holiday events occurring on campus and in the local area can be viewed here.
December 12, 2011
Robert Mants, who helped lead the first march from Selma to Montgomery to press for equal voting rights in 1965, died 7 December 2011 while visiting relatives in Atlanta.
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This Month in the Movement
December marks anniversaries of both the foundation of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) and the successful conclusion of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Begun in December 1955, the year-long campaign resulted in the desegregation of the city bus system of Montgomery, Alabama, provided one of the most memorable examples of direct action demonstrations in the history of the United States, and vaulted Dr. King into the national spotlight as the leader of the civil rights movement.
Check out some of the major highlights of the boycott: Leaflet, "Don't Ride The Bus". Listen to Dr. King's Address to the First MIA Mass Meeting. Read the "Integrated Bus Suggestions" distributed by the MIA following the integreation of city buses. Click here to read more. King Resources
Search here for information on over 1000 civil rights movement figures, events and organizations; a chronology of the movement, and full-text documents published online.
The Online King Records Access (OKRA) database provides easily searchable access to information on thousands of speeches, sermons, letters, and other historic documents by and about Martin Luther King, Jr.!
Updated weekly on Tuesdays, the Featured Document of the Week series highlights particular King documents that we've annotated. Check here and on Facebook weekly for updates!
Visit the King Resources area of our site for resources including:
• Our short biography of King and King's autobiography • King's speeches and sermons • Montgomery Bus Boycott • March on Washington • Letter From Birmingham Jail • Chronology of King's Life 
Read a biographical essay on Martin Luther King, Jr., prepared by King Institute director Clayborne Carson and the Institute staff, extensively cross-referenced with links to the King Online Encyclopedia.
King delivers his iconic speech "I Have a Dream" and urges America to "make real the promises of democracy."(Photo credit UPI/Corbis-Bettman)
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