Photo by Yvonne Kemp On January 30, 2026, in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. Henry David Thoreau Elementary School hosted their “7th Annual Read In.” The theme for this year was: “Mission Possible II: Building Community, Uniting a Nation, the Nonviolent Way”. This year’s celebration included special guest readers from Delta Sigma…
By The Late Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was chairperson of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission and President of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. She died in 2006. Reprint from 1985, during the passage of the King Holiday…
Three important lessons we can learn from Dr. King’s legacyNinety-seven years ago a child was born in Atlanta, GA, named Michael King, Jr., who would change the world. His father would eventually change his name in honor of the German leader of the Protestant Reformation, and it was by that name – Martin Luther King,…
By Dr. Martin Luther King, Kr. “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as…
By Ben Jealous Web Photo This year, let’s honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday by remembering his final mission—and by picking up the mantle he left behind.Every year, America remembers a dream. But the work that placed Dr. King in the greatest danger was not dreaming. It was organizing to make the dream real.Dr.…
