Scroll down to view Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Jr. resources for elementary, middle, and high school students. You may also download a hard copy of the resource list here: MLK Contest Resource List.
Audio:
- “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King
- “I Have Been to the Mountaintop” speech by Martin Luther King
Articles and Essays:
- We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
- From Canterbury to Little Rock
- National Civil Rights Museum
- The Seattle Times Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
- Scholastic – Teaching about Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Twelve Essential Books on Martin Luther King
- Three Great Books to Read for Martin Luther King Day
Elementary School DVD Resources:
Our Friend, Martin [DVD] / DIC Entertainment, L.P. and I.P.M. ; written by Dawn Comer and Chris Simmons ; screenplay by Dawn Comer, Chris Simmons, Sib Ventress, Deborah Pratt ; directed by Vincenzo Trippetti, Rob Smiley.
March On! [DVD] : The Day my Brother Martin Changed the World : — And More Stories about African American History / [presented by] Weston Woods ; Scholastic.[New York] : Distributed by New Video, 2010.
Martin! God Loves You [DVD] / Morning Light Media ; written by King Schoenfeld ; illustrated by Bryan Miller ; produced and directed by David Mead.Fenton, MO : Morning Light Media ; Worcester, PA : Distr. by Vision Video, 2007
Martin’s Big Words [DVD] : The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. –and more stories from the African-American tradition / Scholastic ; Weston Woods. [Westport, Conn.] : Weston Woods ; New York : New Video Group, 2005.Martin Luther King, Jr. [DVD] / a production of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company ; produced and directed by JWM Productions. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2005
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day [DVD] / Schlessinger Media ; Nancy Glass Productions ; producer, Bette Hanson ; writer, Kate Youngdahl ; director, Phillip Tangel. Wynewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2004.
Middle & High School Multimedia Resources:
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years
Episode 1: Awakenings (1954-56)
Episode 2: Fighting Back (1957-62)
Episode 3: Ainʼt Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
Episode 4: No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
Episode 5: Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)
Episode 6: Bridge to Freedom (1965)
Episode 7: The Time Has Come (1964-1966)
Episode 8: Two Societies (1965-1968)
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed – Narrated by Bill Cosby
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Narrated by Henry Louis Gates
Episode 4: Making a Way Out of No Way (1897 – 1940)
Episode 5: Rise! (1940 – 1968)
Episode 6: A More Perfect Union (1968 – 2013)
Elementary School Books:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman.
by Adler, David A.; New York : Holiday House, 2001.
Un libro ilustrado sobre Martin Luther King, hijo / David A. Adler ; ilustrado por Robert Casilla ; traducción de Teresa Mlawer.
by Adler, David A.; New York, N.Y. : Holiday House, 1992.
El Día de Martin Luther King, Jr. / Mir Tamim Ansary ; traducción de Patricia Abello.
by Ansary, Mir Tamim; Chicago : Heinemann Library, 2003.
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? / by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf.
by Bader, Bonnie; New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 2008.
¿Quién fue Martin Luther King, Jr.? / por Bonnie Bader ; ilustrado por Elizabeth Wolf ; traducido del inglés por Santiago Ochoa.
by Bader, Bonnie; New York, N.Y., USA : Grosset & Dunlap, 2012.
Martin Luther King Jr. / Terry Barber.
by Barber, Terry; Edmonton] : Grass Roots Press, 2006.
M.L.K. : Journey of a King / by Tonya Bolden ; photo editor, Bob Adelman.
by Bolden, Tonya; New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Adele Q. Brown.
by Brown, Adele Q.; Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2003.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Jonatha A. Brown.
by Brown, Jonatha A.; Milwaukee, WI : Weekly Reader Early Learning, 2005.
Free at Last! : The story of Martin Luther King, Jr. / written by Angela Bull.
by Bull, Angela; New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.
The Cart that Carried Martin / Eve Bunting ; illustrated by Don Tate.
by Bunting, Eve; Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2013.
What was your Dream, Dr. King? : And other questions about Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Mary Kay Carson.
by Carson, Mary Kay; New York : Sterling Children’s Books, 2013.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Civil Rights Hero / Anna Claybourne.
by Claybourne, Anna; Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.
Martin Luther King Jr. / David Colbert.
by Colbert, David; New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2008.
Martin Luther King Jr. / Jean Darby.
by Darby, Jean; Minneapolis, Minn. : Lerner Publications Co., 2005.
Let’s Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day / by Barbara deRubertis ; illustrated by Gershom Griffith.
by DeRubertis, Barbara; New York : The Kane Press, 2013.
Let’s Get Ready for Martin Luther King Jr. Day / by Lloyd G. Douglas.
by Douglas, Lloyd G.; New York : Children’s Press, 2003.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / David Downing.
by Downing, David; Chicago : Heinemann Library, 2002.
We March / Shane W. Evans.
by Evans, Shane; New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
March On! : The Day my Brother Martin Changed the World / Christine King Farris ; illustrated by London Ladd.
by Farris, Christine King; New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
My Brother Martin : A sister remembers growing up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / by Christine King Farris ; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet.
by Farris, Christine King; New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Martin Luther King Jr. : A Photo-illustrated Biography / by Kathy Feeney.
by Feeney, Kathy; Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, 2002.
Lee sobre Martin Luther King, Jr. = Read about Martin Luther King, Jr. / Stephen Feinstein.
by Feinstein, Stephen; Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, 2006.
Read about Martin Luther King, Jr. / Stephen Feinstein.
by Feinstein, Stephen; Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, 2004.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Dream of Hope / Alice Fleming.
by Fleming, Alice Mulcahey; New York, N.Y. : Sterling, 2008.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Riley Flynn.
by Flynn, Riley; North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, 2014
Martin Luther King Jr. Day / Jill Foran.
by Foran, Jill; New York : Weigl Publishers, 2004.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / by Helen Frost.
by Frost, Helen; Mankato, Minn. : Pebble Books, 2000.
El día de Martin Luther King, Jr. : honramos a un hombre de paz / Carol Gnojewski.
by Gnojewski, Carol; Berkeley Heights, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, 2005.
Martin Luther King Jr. / Gillian Gosman.
by Gosman, Gillian; New York : PowerKids Press, 2011.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Civil rights leader / by M.C. Hall ; illustrated by Marty Martinez.
by Hall, Margare; Edina, Minn. : Magic Wagon, 2009.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day / by Lisa M. Herrington.
by Herrington, Lisa M.; New York : Children’s Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2014.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / KaaVonia Hinton.
by Hinton, KaaVonia; Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2009.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Minister and Civil Rights Leader / Brendan January.
by January, Brendan; Chicago, Ill. : Ferguson Pub., 2000.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Kitson Jazynka.
by Jazynka, Kitson; Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.
I Have a Dream / Martin Luther King, Jr. ; paintings by Kadir Nelson.
by King, Martin Luther, Jr.; New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2012.
What was the March on Washington? / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson.
by Krull, Kathleen; New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.
Martin Luther King Jr. / by Barbara M. Linde.
by Linde, Barbara M.; New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2012.
Martin Luther King Jr. : Dreaming of Equality / by Ann S. Manheimer.
by Manheimer, Ann S.; Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2005.
Martin Luther King Jr. / by Wil Mara ; consultants, Nanci R. Vargus, Katharine A. Kane.
by Mara, Wil; New York : Children’s Press, 2002.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Wil Mara ; poem by Jodie Shepherd.
by Mara, Wil; New York : Children’s Press, 2013.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Pamela McDowell.
by McDowell, Pamela; New York, NY : AVp2s by Weigl, 2014
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Man of Peace / Patricia and Fredrick McKissack.
by McKissack, Pat; Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2001.
Singing for Dr. King / by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. by Medearis, Angela Shelf; New York : Scholastic, 2004.
I’ve Seen the Promised Land : The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins.
by Myers, Walter Dean; New York : HarperCollins, 2004.
Martin Luther King Jr. : In his Own Words / by Ryan Nagelhout.
by Nagelhout, Ryan; New York : Gareth Stevens, 2014.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day / by Marc Tyler Nobleman ; content adviser, Alton Hornsby ; reading adviser, Susan Kesselring.
by Nobleman, Marc Tyler; Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, 2005.
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Grace Norwich ; illustrated by Elisabeth Alba.
by Norwich, Grace; New York : Scholastic, 2012.
Marching for Freedom : Walk Together, Children, and Don’t you Grow Weary / Elizabeth Partridge.
by Partridge, Elizabeth; New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : [a photographic story of a life] / Amy Pastan.
by Pastan, Amy; New York : DK Pub., 2004.
A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr. / written by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Rodney S. Pate.
by Patrick, Denise Lewis; New York : Aladdin, 2003.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Man with a Dream / by Jayne Pettit.
by Pettit, Jayne; New York : Franklin Watts, 2001.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Lucia Raatma.
by Raatma, Lucia; Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, 2002.
Martin’s Big Words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Bryan Collier.
by Rappaport, Doreen; New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day / by Dana Meachen Rau.
by Rau, Dana Meachen; New York : Children’s Press, 2001.
Martin Luther King– And the Fight for Equality / Sarah Ridley.
by Ridley, Sarah; Mankato : Sea-to-Sea, 2013.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / Rebecca Rissman.
by Rissman, Rebecca; Chicago : Heinemann Library, 2011.
Día de Martin Luther King, Jr. / Rebecca Rissman.
by Rissman, Rebecca; Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, 2011.
Martin Luther King Jr. : una vida de determinación / por Sheila Rivera.
by Rivera, Sheila; Minneapolis : Ediciones Lerner, 2007.
Un corazón libre : Martin Luther King / José Luis Roig, Carlota Coronado.
by Roig, José Luis; Barcelona : Casals, 2010, 2001.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Anne Schraff
by Schraff, Anne E.; Irvine, CA : Saddleback Educational Pub., 2008.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Thomas Siebold, book editor.
San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, 2000.
Riding to Washington / Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister.
by Swain, Gwenyth; Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, 2008.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Pamela Walker.
by Walker, Pam; New York : Children’s Press, 2001.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : a King family tribute / by Angela Farris Watkins ; foreword by Andrew Young.
by Watkins, Angela Farris; New York : Abrams, 2012.
My Uncle Martin’s Words for America : Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece Tells How He Made a Difference / by Angela Farris Watkins, PhD ; Illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
by Watkins, Angela Farris; New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Martin Luther King Jr. / Mary Winget.
by Winget, Mary; Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., 2003.
High School Books:
Marching to the Mountaintop : How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Hours
by Bausum, Ann; Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.
M.L.K. : Journey of a King / by Tonya Bolden ; photo editor, Bob Adelman.
by Bolden, Tonya; New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Robert H. Mayer, book editor.
San Diego : Greenhaven Press, 2004.
A Dream of Freedom : The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 / Diane McWhorter ; foreword by Fred Shuttlesworth.
by McWhorter, Diane; New York : Scholastic, 2004.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : [A Photographic Story of a Life] / Amy Pastan.
by Pastan, Amy; New York : DK Pub., 2004.
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement / Lillie Patterson.
by Patterson, Lillie; New York : Facts on File, 1989.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Diane Patrick.
by Patrick, Diane; New York : F. Watts, 1990.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Thomas Siebold, book editor.
San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, 2000.