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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a comprehensive multi-volume collection of King’s most important correspondence, sermons, publications, speeches, unpublished manuscripts, and other material and makes its significant research efforts available online and in popular books and audios.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 08, 2010
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute invites you to our 2010 King Holiday Celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of the King Papers Project! A schedule of King Holiday events occurring on campus and in the local area can be viewed here.
December 09, 2009
Commemorate Human Rights Day December 10th in your classroom with this short LC lesson on global human rights issues during Dr. King's time and today.
November 10, 2009
Boston – King Institute Director Clayborne Carson was honored during a Boston University celebration of "The Lasting legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr." Carson received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research Fellowship Award from the university's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, where many of King's papers are deposited.
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September 16, 2009
California teachers selected to participate in the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funded King Digital History Project created model lesson plans on Dr. King and the African-American freedom struggle, using the King Institute's documentary resources and professional development training.
May 18, 2009
The King Research and Education Institute is launching an online database making details and descriptions of over four thousand documents on or about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. publicly available.
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This Month in the Movement
On 1 February 1960, four black students in Greensboro, N.C. sat down at a segregated lunch counter. Their actions demonstrated the vitality of student direct protest, a key ingredient in later civil rights campaigns. To learn more about the sit-ins and their impact, make sure to view these resources below!
Encyclopedia entry King's February speech to the students Volume Introduction covering the sit-ins 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.
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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The Institute needs your help to ensure that future generations understand King’s life and his significance in the global struggle for peace, justice, and reconciliation.
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