The Meaning of the King Holiday
The King Holiday honors the life and contributions of America’s greatest champion of racial justice and equality, the leader who not only dreamed of a color-blind society, but who also lead a movement that achieved historic reforms to help make it a reality. -- Coretta Scott King
A Brief History Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
"This is not a black holiday; it is a people's holiday," said Coretta Scott King after President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983. But in the complicated history of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, it has only recently been a holiday for all the people, all the time. --
Watch Selma @ CSB/SJU Libraries
Read about the Selma to Montgomery Rights March of 1965:
