“In December of 1957 a comic book was published that really did threaten the future–at least the future of American segregationists. Carefully preserved in the special collections of several academic libraries, such as The Smithsonian Institution, Morehouse College, and Stanford University, The Montgomery Story, a 14-page comic book is, credited with being one of the most influential teaching tools ever produced for the Civil Rights Movement.“
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Martin Luther King @ your library
A selection of libraries with MLK Day content for today:
- University of Tennessee combines local catalog offerings with web resources
- The King Mural is at the DC Public Library MLK Jr. Memorial Branch
- The Richard Bland College library did an in-library display and created printable bookmarks with MLK quotations
- Long Island University has a tribute to Dr. King on their site including a timeline of events
- Hennepin County libraries are open today and have special programming scheduled
- Chicago Public has some locally prepared resources on a web page celebrating MLK Day in 2004
- Beloit College has made a listing of all the books in their Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection on Non-Violence
- The King Center had done an inventory of the major recordings and papers of MLK (sadly not hyperlinked) if you’re looking for more.
See also: Technorati tag search: Martin Luther King +Library, Google Search “martin luther king jr library“, del.icio.us/tag/mlk, Flickr MLK tag