LIBRARY TALK
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01.19.2015
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
Monday, January 19 is the federal and state holiday
honoring the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev.
King was one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights
movement of the 1960’s, as well as an eloquent speaker
and writer. He gave his life to improve the lives of every
American citizen.
Here are a few of the things that he said:
Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you
doing for others?'
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to
bear.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who
is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best
of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our
enemies.
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every
step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and
struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound
to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I
believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the
final word.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character.
Read about his life:
Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Clayborne
Carson. Warner, 1998.
[Selections from his writings, speeches, and sermons]
Call number: E185.97.K5A3 1998
Gospel of Freedom : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle that Changed a Nation. Jonathan Rieder. Bloomsbury, 2013.
Call number: F334.B69N475 2013
I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King,
Jr. Michael Eric Dyson. Free Press, 2000.
Call number: E185.97.K5D97 2000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Marshall Frady. Penguin, 2002.
Call number: E185.97.K5F73 2002
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion: Quotations from the
Speeches, essays, and books of Martin Luther King, Jr. Selected by Coretta Scott King. St. Martin’s, 1993.
Call number: E185.97.K5A256 1993
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social
Change http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Watch and listen to him speak:
Citizen King
Call number: DVD DVD E185.97.K5C58 2004
Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record: Montgomery to Memphis
Call number: DVD E185.97.K5E49 2013
Martin Luther King: “I Have a Dream”
Call number: DVD E185.97.K5A5 2005
In online streaming video from Films on Demand and VAST
http://www.csi.edu/support/library/StreamingVideosMusic.asp
Brought to you by your friends at the library Steve Poppino and Dave Horalek.