Martin Luther King Day

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3rd Monday

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Resources

History

Art

Children Books

  • I Have a Dream: by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • I am Martin Luther King, Jr.: by Brad Meltzer

  • The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: by Johnny Ray Moore

  • My First Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr.: by Marion Dane Bauer

  • A Sweet Smell of Roses: by Angela Johnson

  • Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You: by Carole Boston Weatherford

  • As Good as Anybody: by Richard Michelson

  • The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: by Christine Platt

  • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: by Doreen Rappaport

  • Martin’s Dream: by Jane Kurtz

  • My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: by Martin Luther, III King

  • Martin Rising: Requiem For a King: by Andrea Davis Pinkney

  • Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?: by Bonnie Bader

  • Portraits of African-American Heroes: by Tonya Bolden

  • Dear Martin: by Nic Stone

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