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The Best of Our Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Resources
Supplement your lessons on Dr. King's words and actions with these resources.
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January 19, 2021
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January 9, 2018
Do's and Don'ts of Celebrating MLK Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an ideal time to reflect on the life and legacy of this great leader, but it's important to do it with care and nuance—and to keep the conversation going beyond January 15.
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From MLK to #BlackLivesMatter: A Throughline for Young Students
When it comes to making civil rights movements of the past accessible for young students, the connections to the present are right in front of us.
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Going the Extra Mile for MLK Day
This fourth-grade teacher, a TT Award winner, offers some classroom suggestions to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day an opportunity for deep, personal engagement—not a day off.
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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is an opportunity to tell a nuanced story about a complicated man and movement. This edition of The Moment includes two articles that can help you teach MLK’s legacy with the complexity it deserves—even to young students. We’ve also included a downloadable, printable One World Poster featuring a quote from King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- From MLK to #BlackLivesMatter: A Throughline for Young Students
- Do's and Don'ts of Celebrating MLK Day
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Dr. King Opened Doors for Historic Presidency
The confluence of President Obama’s second inauguration and MLK Day is a fitting legacy and inspiration to continue making changes.
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Larry Doby Hits One for History
It was Black History Month. I was working with children and youth in an after-school program in the Clarksdale housing projects in Louisville, Ky. Spike Lee's film Malcolm X had just been released. I sat around a table with a group of teenagers discussing Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and James Cone’s Martin & Malcolm & America.
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A Message From Our Director
TT director Maureen Costello looks back on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—and forward.
