- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute
- Date of Original:
- 1929/2007
- Subject:
- African Americans--Segregation
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements--United States
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights workers--United States
African American clergy
Clergy--United States
African American civic leaders
Civic leaders--United States
Speeches, addresses, etc.--United States - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Archives
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- instructional materials
encyclopedias
black-and-white photographs
sound recordings
texts (document genres)
correspondence
teaching guides
articles - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Web site for the Stanford University-based Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute which works in cooperation with the Martin Luther King, Jr. family to publish and preserve the speeches, writings, and correspondence of Martin Luther King. The site contains: information about five published volumes of King's papers, four of which have a chronology of the time period covered by the volume; background about the project which began in 1985 when Coretta Scott King asked Clayborne Carson to edit and publish the papers; information about purchasing published volumes of speeches, sermons, articles, and King's autobiography; a biography of King; an online-only encyclopedia with information about major events, people, and influences in King's life; links to audio files of selected sermons, speeches, and King's autobiography; an inventory of major sermons, speeches, public statements, published writings, manuscripts and some notes and outlines providing information on the archival location of the original as well as the full text of previously published items; seven lesson plans focusing on teaching King to high school students; and information about public programs held at the Institute.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/
- Rights Holder:
- The documents, recordings, photographs and other materials on this website are protected by copyright and unauthorized use of these materials may violate copyright law. The Institute cannot give permission to use or reproduce any of the writings, statements, or images of Martin Luther King, Jr. Please do not contact us for this purpose. Inquiries regarding the use or reproduction King's writings or statements should be directed to the manager of the Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : Intellectual Properties Management, One Freedom Plaza, 449 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, Fax: 404-526-8969. Other inquiries should be directed to the appropriate copyright holder. For example, many of the photographs on the website have been copyrighted by the photographer named in the copyright notice on the photograph. Copyright notices are also attached to the Web site's documents and articles, usually at the end.
- Contributing Institution:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project - Rights:
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